"Athanasius" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

IPA: /ˌæθəˈneɪʃəs/, /ˌæθəˈneɪzi.əs/ Audio: En-us-Athanasius.oga [General-American]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Athanasius, from Ancient Greek Ἀθανάσιος (Athanásios), from ἀθανάσιος (athanásios, “immortal”), from ἀθάνατος (athánatos, “immortal”). Doublet of Athanasios and Afanasy. Compare Ambrose. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|Athanasius}} Latin Athanasius, {{der|en|grc|Ἀθανάσιος}} Ancient Greek Ἀθανάσιος (Athanásios), {{doublet|en|Athanasios|Afanasy}} Doublet of Athanasios and Afanasy Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Athanasius
  1. (uncommon) A male given name from Ancient Greek. Tags: uncommon Derived forms: Athanasian, Athanasianism, Athanasianist, Athanasian wench Translations (male given name): Tanush (Albanian), Ἀθανάσιος (Athanásios) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), Աթանաս (Atʻanas) (Armenian), Атанас (Atanas) (Bulgarian), ⲁⲑⲁⲛⲁⲥⲓⲟⲥ (athanasios) (Coptic), Atanazio (Esperanto), Athanase [masculine] (French), Athanasius (German), Αθανάσιος (Athanásios) [masculine] (Greek), Atanáz (Hungarian), Ohvana (Ingrian), Atanasio [masculine] (Italian), Athanasius [masculine] (Latin), Atanazas (Lithuanian), ⲁⲑⲁⲛⲁⲥⲓⲟⲥ (athanasios) (Old Nubian), Atanazy [masculine] (Polish), Atanásio [masculine] (Portuguese), Atanasie [masculine] (Romanian), Афана́сий (Afanásij) [masculine] (Russian), Tanasi (Sicilian), Афана́сій (Afanásij) [masculine] (Ukrainian), Пана́с (Panás) (Ukrainian), Опана́с (Opanás) (Ukrainian), Athanasiô (Vietnamese)

Alternative forms

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      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Atanazy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Atanásio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Atanasie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "Afanásij",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Афана́сий"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Tanasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "Afanásij",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Афана́сій"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "Panás",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Пана́с"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "Opanás",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Опана́с"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Athanasiô"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Athanasius"
}

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