King of Kings

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• General-American: /ˈkɪŋ ʌv ˌkɪŋz/
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Attested in Middle English as king of kinges. An ancient formula which seems to have originated in a Semitic language of the Ancient Near East; see Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠𐭭 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (šāhān-šāh, “king of kings”) for more.

54 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Akkadian: 𒈗𒊭𒈗𒈨𒌍 (šar šarrāni) — king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah
• Amharic: ንጉሠ ነገሥት (nəguśä nägäśt) — king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah
• Arabic: مَلِكُ الْمُلُوكِ (maliku l-mulūki) — king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah
• Armenian: արքայից արքա (arkʻayicʻ arkʻa) — king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah
• Old Armenian: թագաւորաց թագաւոր (tʻagaworacʻ tʻagawor) — king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah
• Old Armenian: արքայից արքայ (arkʻayicʻ arkʻay) — king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah
• Bengali: শাহেনশাহ (śahenośah) — king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah
• Bulgarian: цар на царете (car na carete) — king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah
• Catalan: rei de reis — king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah
• Chinese Mandarin: 萬王之王 /万王之王 (wànwángzhīwáng) — king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah
• Chinese Mandarin: 眾王之王 /众王之王 (zhòngwángzhīwáng) — king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah
• Czech: král králů — king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah
• Danish: kongernes konge — king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah
• Dutch: koning der koningen — king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah
• Finnish: kuningasten kuningas — king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah
• French: roi des rois — king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah
• German: König der Könige — king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah
• Greek: βασιλέας των βασιλέων (vasiléas ton vasiléon) — king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah
• Ancient Greek: βασιλεὺς τῶν βασιλέων (basileùs tôn basiléōn) — king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah
• Hebrew: מלך המלכים (mélekh ha-m'lakhím) — king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah
• Hindi: महाराजाधिराज (mahārājādhirāj) — king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah
• Hindi: राजाधिराज (rājādhirāj) — king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah
• Hindi: महाराजा (mahārājā) — king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah
• Hindi: महाराज (mahārāj) — king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah
• Hindi: सम्राट (samrāṭ) — king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah
• Hindi: चक्रवर्ती (cakravartī) — king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah
• Hindi: शहंशाह (śahañśāh) — king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah
• Hungarian: királyok királya — king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah
• Indonesian: rajadiraja — king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah
• Italian: re dei re — king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah
• Kazakh: шаһиншаһ (şahinşah) — king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah
• Kazakh: шаһаншаһ (şahanşah) — king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah
• Kazakh: патшалардың патшасы (patşalardyñ patşasy) — king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah
• Latin: rēx rēgum — king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah
• Latvian: karaļu karalis — king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah
• Lithuanian: karalių karalius — king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah
• Malay: raja segala raja — king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah
• Norwegian Bokmål: kongenes konge — king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah
• Persian: شاهنشاه (šâhanšâh) — king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah
• Middle Persian: 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠𐭭 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (šāhān-šāh) — king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah
• Old Persian: 𐏋 𐏐 𐏋𐎠𐎴𐎠𐎶 (XŠ : XŠ-a-n-a-m) — king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah
• Polish: król królów — king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah
• Portuguese: rei dos reis — king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah
• Romanian: rege al regilor — king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah
• Russian: царь царе́й (carʹ caréj) — king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah
• Sanskrit: राजाधिराज (rājādhirāja) — king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah
• Serbo-Croatian: краљ краљева — king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah
• Serbo-Croatian: kralj kraljeva — king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah
• Slovak: kráľ kráľov — king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah
• Spanish: rey de reyes — king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah
• Swedish: konungarnas konung — king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah
• Tagalog: hari ng mga hari — king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah
• Ukrainian: цар царів (car cariv) — king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah
• Urdu: شہنشاہ (śehanśāh) — king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah