Word.ws English Dictionary

Gobryas

Gobryas proper noun: any of several notable ancient Persian noblemen.

Proper noun

Gobryas (uncountable)

  1. (historical) Any of several notable ancient Persian noblemen

Origin of Gobryas

Borrowed from Latin Gobryās, from Ancient Greek Γοβρύᾱς (Gobrúās), from Old Persian 𐎥𐎢𐎲𐎽𐎢𐎺 (g-u-b-ru-u-v /⁠Gaub(a)ruva?⁠/); see Γοβρύᾱς (Gobrúās) for more.

Questions about Gobryas

What does Gobryas mean?
Gobryas means any of several notable ancient Persian noblemen.
What part of speech is Gobryas?
Gobryas is a proper noun.

Words near Gobryas in the dictionary

  1. goboon
  2. goboons
  3. gobos
  4. Goboshi
  5. Gobowen
  6. Gobryas
  7. gobs
  8. gobs off
  9. gobs up
  10. gobsful
  11. gobshell

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Gobryas (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Gobryas.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/gobryas. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.