Euphrates

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /juːˈfreɪtiːz/

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• Rhymes: -eɪtiz

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Εὐφράτης (Euphrátēs), from Old Persian 𐎢𐎳𐎼𐎠𐎬𐎢 (Ufrātu), from Elamite ú-ip-ra-tu-iš. Related is Akkadian purattu (cf. Classical Syriac ܦܪܬ (P(ə)rāṯ)).

Proper noun

Wikipedia

Euphrates

1. The river in the Middle East, 2780 kilometers in length, flowing southwest from Turkey, then southeast, and uniting with the Tigris before entering the Persian Gulf. It forms the Western edge of classical Mesopotamia.

Derived terms

• Euphratean

Translations

river in the Middle East

• Arabic: الفرات‎‎ (ar) (al-furaat) m
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syric: ܦܪܬ‎‎ (P(ə)rāṯ) m

• Armenian: Եփրատ (hy) (Ep'rat)
• Catalan: Eufrates (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 幼發拉底河 (cmn), 幼发拉底河 (cmn) (Yòufāladǐ hé)

• Czech: Eufrat (cs) m
• Dutch: Eufraat (nl)
• Finnish: Eufrat (fi)
• French: l’Euphrate (fr) m
• German: Euphrat (de) m
• Greek: Ευφράτης (el) (Effrátis)

  Ancient: Εὐφράτης (Euphrates)

• Hungarian: Eufrátesz (hu)

• Italian: Eufrate (it) m
• Japanese: ユーフラテス川 (ja) (Yūfuratesu-gawá)
• Korean: 유프라테스 강 (ko) (Yupeurateseu gang)
• Kurdish: Firat (ku) m
• Middle Persian: 𐭯𐭫𐭠𐭲𐭩 (Prāt, Frād)
• Persian: فرات (fa) (forât)
• Romanian: Eufrat (ro)
• Russian: Евфрат (ru) (Jevfrát) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Еуфрат (sh) m

  Roman: Eufrat (sh) m

• Slovak: Eufrat (sk) m
• Spanish: Eufrates (es) m
• Tok Pisin: Yufretis (tpi)
• Turkish: Fırat (tr)

See also

• Mesopotamia
• Tigris

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