satrap

See also: Satrap

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseɪtɹæp/
• IPA^(key): /ˈsæt.ræp/

Noun

satrap (plural satraps)

1. (historical) A governor of a Persian province.
   • 1922, Maneckji Nusservanji Dhalla, Zoroastrian Civilization‎^[1], page 222:

     Eunuchs were chiefly employed in the harems of the king, and his satraps.

2. (figurative, derogatory) A subordinate ruler.
   • 2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 4:

     Hey, sir? Sir, excuse me?” The blonde was calling out to him, in imperious tones that insisted on a reply. Her satraps became watchful, like a Praetorian guard.

   • 2022 February 19, Andrew Higgins, “Once He Kept Russia at a Distance. Now He Is a Docile Putin Satrap.”, in The 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 enfeebled satrap.

Derived terms

• satrapy
• satrapal

Related terms

• kshatriya

Translations

governor of a Persian province

• Afrikaans: satraap
• Arabic: سَاتْرَاب m (sātrāb)
• Armenian: սատրապ (hy) (satrap)

  Old Armenian: սատրապ (satrap)

• 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)

• Danish: satrap (da) c
• Dutch: satraap (nl) m
• 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)
• Norwegian: satrap m

  Nynorsk: satrap m

• Occitan: satrapa m
• 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)
• Thai: เซแทร็ป (say tráep)
• Ukrainian: сатра́п m (satráp)
• Western Panjabi: ساتراپی

Anagrams

• sarpat, aspart, raps at, Sparta, Pratas, Patras

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French satrape, from Latin satrapes.

Noun

satrap m (plural satrapi)

1. satrap

Declension

Declension of satrap

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) satrap	satrapul	(niște) satrapi	satrapii
genitive/dative	(unui) satrap	satrapului	(unor) satrapi	satrapilor
vocative	satrapule		satrapilor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin satrapēs (“governor”), from Ancient Greek σατράπης (satrápēs), from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎱𐎠𐎺𐎠 (xšaçapāvā, “protector of the province”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sǎtrap/
• Hyphenation: sat‧rap

Noun

sàtrap m (Cyrillic spelling са̀трап)

1. satrap

Declension

Declension of satrap

	singular	plural
nominative	satrap	satrapi
genitive	satrapa	satrapa
dative	satrapu	satrapima
accusative	satrap	satrape
vocative	satrape	satrapi
locative	satrapu	satrapima
instrumental	satrapom	satrapima