satrap

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From Middle English satrape, from Latin satrapēs (“governor”), from Ancient Greek σατράπης (satrápēs), from Old Median *xšaθrapāvan (literally “kingdom-protector”), which is cognate with Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎱𐎠𐎺𐎠 (xšaçapāvā); see there for more.

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: satraap — governor of a Persian province
• Arabic: سَاتْرَاب (sātrāb) — governor of a Persian province
• Aramaic: ܣܛܪܦܐ (saṭrāpā) — governor of a Persian province
• Armenian: սատրապ (satrap) — governor of a Persian province
• Old Armenian: սատրապ (satrap) — governor of a Persian province
• Old Armenian: շահապ (šahap) — governor of a Persian province
• Assamese: ক্ষত্ৰপ (khotrop) — governor of a Persian province
• Asturian: sátrapa — governor of a Persian province
• Bactrian: ϸαυραβο (šaurabo) — governor of a Persian province
• Basque: satrapa — governor of a Persian province
• Belarusian: сатрап (satrap) — governor of a Persian province
• Bengali: ক্ষত্রপ (khotrop) — governor of a Persian province
• Bulgarian: сатрап (satrap) — governor of a Persian province
• Catalan: sàtrapa — governor of a Persian province
• Chinese Mandarin: 總督 /总督 (zǒngdū) — governor of a Persian province
• Chinese Mandarin: 太守 (tàishǒu) — governor of a Persian province
• Czech: satrapa — governor of a Persian province
• Danish: satrap — governor of a Persian province
• Dutch: satraap — governor of a Persian province
• Elamite: 𒃻𒀝𒃻𒁀𒈠 (šá-ak-šá-ba-ma) — governor of a Persian province
• Finnish: satraappi — governor of a Persian province
• French: satrape — governor of a Persian province
• Galician: sátrapa — governor of a Persian province
• German: Satrap — governor of a Persian province
• Greek: σατράπης (satrápis) — governor of a Persian province
• Ancient Greek: σατράπης (satrápēs) — governor of a Persian province
• Gujarati: ક્ષત્રપ (kṣatrap) — governor of a Persian province
• Hebrew: אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפָּן (akhashdarpan) — governor of a Persian province
• Hindi: क्षत्रप (kṣatrap) — governor of a Persian province
• Ido: satrapo — governor of a Persian province
• Italian: satrapo — governor of a Persian province
• Japanese: サトラップ (satorappu) — governor of a Persian province
• Japanese: 総督 (sōtoku) — governor of a Persian province
• Japanese: 太守 (taishu) — governor of a Persian province
• Korean: 태수 (taesu) — governor of a Persian province
• Latin: satrapēs — governor of a Persian province
• Latvian: satraps — governor of a Persian province
• Macedonian: сатрап (satrap) — governor of a Persian province
• Norwegian: satrap — governor of a Persian province
• Norwegian Nynorsk: satrap — governor of a Persian province
• Occitan: satrapa — governor of a Persian province
• Parthian: 𐭇𐭔𐭕𐭓𐭐 (xšaθrap) — governor of a Persian province
• Parthian: 𐭔𐭄𐭓𐭁 (šahrab) — governor of a Persian province
• Persian: ساتراپ (sâtrâp) — governor of a Persian province
• Persian: شهرب (šahrab) — governor of a Persian province
• Middle Persian: 𐭱𐭮𐭯 (šasab) — governor of a Persian province
• Middle Persian: 𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭯 (šahrab) — governor of a Persian province
• Old Persian: 𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎱𐎠𐎺𐎠 (xšaçapāvā) — governor of a Persian province
• Polish: satrapa — governor of a Persian province
• Portuguese: sátrapa — governor of a Persian province
• Punjabi: ساتراپی (sātrāpī) — governor of a Persian province
• Russian: сатра́п (satráp) — governor of a Persian province
• Sanskrit: क्षत्रप (kṣatrapa) — governor of a Persian province
• Spanish: sátrapa — governor of a Persian province
• Swedish: satrap — governor of a Persian province
• Tagalog: satrapa — governor of a Persian province
• Tajik: сатрап (satrap) — governor of a Persian province
• Tajik: шаҳраб (šahrab) — governor of a Persian province
• Thai: เซแทร็ป (say tráep) — governor of a Persian province
• Ukrainian: сатра́п (satráp) — governor of a Persian province