فرات

See also: قرأت

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الْفُرَات (al-furāt), ultimately from Akkadian 𒀀𒇉𒌓𒄒𒉣 (^ÍD<Purattu).

Proper noun

فرات • (furat or fırat)

1. Euphrates (a 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)

Descendants

• > Turkish: Fırat, Furat (inherited)

Further reading

• Hindoglu, Artin (1838), “فرات”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 340a
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “فرات”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 889
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Euphrates”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 487
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “فرات”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 3480
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “فرات”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1370

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الْفُرَات (al-furāt).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /fu.ˈraːt/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fʊ.ɾɑ́ːt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fʊ.ɾɑ́ːt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [fʊ.ɾɑ́ːt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [fu.ɾɔ́ːt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [fo.ɹɒ́ːt̪ʰ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [fu.ɾɔ́t̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	furāt
Dari reading?	furāt
Iranian reading?	forât
Tajik reading?	furot

Proper noun

Dari	فرات
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Фурот

فرات • (forât)

1. Euphrates (a 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)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: Fərat
• → Bengali: ফোরাত (phōrat)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: फ़रात (farāt), फरात (pharāt)

  Urdu: فرات (farāt, furāt)

• → Ottoman Turkish: فرات (fırât, furât)
  • > Turkish: Fırat, Furat (inherited)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਫ਼ਰਾਤ (farāt)

  Shahmukhi script: فرات (farāt, furāt)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian فرات (furāt), from Arabic الْفُرَات (al-furāt), ultimately from Akkadian 𒀀𒇉𒌓𒄒𒉣 (^ÍDPurattu).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /fʊ.ɾɑːt̪/,

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /fə.ɾɑːt̪/

Proper noun

فُرات or فَرات • (furāt or farāt) m (Hindi spelling फ़रात)

1. Euphrates (a 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)

References

• “فرات”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “فرات”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.