FromMiddle Englishsatrape, fromLatinsatrapēs(“governor”), fromAncient Greekσατράπης(satrápēs), fromOld Median*xšaθrapāwan-(literally“kingdom-protector”),[1] which is cognate withOld Persian𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎱𐎠𐎺𐎠(xšaçapāvā); see there for more.
satrap (pluralsatraps)
- (historical) Agovernor of aPersian province.
1922, Maneckji Nusservanji Dhalla,Zoroastrian Civilization[1], page222:Eunuchs were chiefly employed in the harems of the king, and hissatraps.
- (figurative, derogatory) A subordinate ruler.
2022 February 19, Andrew Higgins, “Once He Kept Russia at a Distance. Now He Is a Docile Putin Satrap.”, inThe New York Times[2],→ISSN:Backed by an expansive and brutal security system, Mr. Lukashenko shows no sign of losing his grip at home, if at the cost of becoming Mr. Putin’s enfeebledsatrap.
governor of a Persian province
- Afrikaans:satraap
- Arabic:سَاتْرَاب m(sātrāb)
- Aramaic:ܣܛܪܦܐ(saṭrāpā)
- Armenian:սատրապ (hy)(satrap)
- Old Armenian:սատրապ(satrap),շահապ(šahap)
- Asturian:sátrapa m
- Basque:satrapa (eu)
- Belarusian:сатрап m(satrap)
- Bengali:সত্রপ (bn)(śotrop)
- Bulgarian:сатрап (bg) m(satrap)
- Catalan:sàtrapa (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin:總督 /总督 (zh)(zǒngdū),太守 (zh)(tàishǒu)
- Czech:satrapa (cs) m
- Danish:satrap (da) c
- Dutch:satraap (nl) m
- Elamite:𒃻𒀝𒃻𒁀𒈠(šá-ak-šá-ba-ma)
- Finnish:satraappi (fi)
- French:satrape (fr) m
- Galician:sátrapa m
- German:Satrap (de) m
- Greek:σατράπης (el) m(satrápis)
- Ancient Greek:σατράπης m(satrápēs)
- Hebrew:אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפַּן (he) m(akhashdarpan)
- Hindi:सात्राप(sātrāp)
- Ido:satrapo (io)
- Italian:satrapo (it) m
- Japanese:サトラップ(satorappu),総督 (ja)(そうとく, sōtoku),太守 (ja)(たいしゅ, taishu)
- Korean:태수 (ko)(taesu)
- Latin:satrapēs m
- Latvian:satraps m
- Macedonian:сатрап m(satrap)
- Middle Persian:𐭱𐭮𐭯(šasab),𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭯(šahrab)
- Norwegian:satrap m
- Nynorsk:satrap m
- Occitan:satrapa m
- Old Persian:𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎱𐎠𐎺𐎠 m(xšaçapāvā)
- Parthian:𐭇𐭔𐭕𐭓𐭐(xšaθrap),𐭔𐭄𐭓𐭁(šahrab)
- Persian:ساتراپ (fa)(sâtrâp),شهرب (fa)(šahrab)
- Polish:satrapa (pl) m
- Portuguese:sátrapa (pt) m
- Russian:сатра́п (ru) m(satráp)
- Sanskrit:क्षत्रप (sa)(kṣatrapa)
- Spanish:sátrapa (es) m
- Swedish:satrap (sv) c
- Tagalog:satrapa
- Tajik:сатрап(satrap),шаҳраб(šahrab)
- Thai:เซแทร็ป(say tráep)
- Ukrainian:сатра́п m(satráp)
- Western Panjabi:ساتراپی(sātrāpī)
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Borrowed fromFrenchsatrape, fromLatinsatrapes.
satrap m (pluralsatrapi)
- satrap
FromLatinsatrapēs(“governor”), fromAncient Greekσατράπης(satrápēs), fromOld Persian𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎱𐎠𐎺𐎠(xšaçapāvā,“protector of the province”).
- IPA(key): /sǎtrap/
- Hyphenation:sat‧rap
sàtrap m (Cyrillic spellingса̀трап)
- satrap
