Amu Darya

See also: Amudarya, Amu-Darya, and Amu Dar'ya

English

Amu Darya

Alternative forms

• Amudarya
• Amu Dar'ya
• Amu-Darya

Etymology

From Persian آمودریا (âmu-daryâ). Second component is Persian دریا (daryâ, “sea”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑːmuːˈdɑːɹɪə/

Proper noun

Amu Darya

1. A major river in Central Asia flowing across the border of Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan parallel to Syr Darya and into the Aral Sea. Known in classical times as Oxus.

Synonyms

• Amu River
• Jayhoun

Translations

river

• Arabic: جَيْحُون m (jayḥūn), جِيحُون m (jīḥūn), أَمُو دَارْيَا f (ʔamū dāryā), اوقسوس (oqsus)
• Armenian: Ամուդարյա (hy) (Amudarya)
• Avestan: 𐬬𐬀𐬑𐬴 (vaxṣ̌)
• Azerbaijani: Ceyhun, Amudərya
• Belarusian: Амудар’я́ f (Amudarʺjá)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿姆河 (zh) (Āmǔ hé)

• Czech: Amudarja (cs)
• Danish: Amu Darja
• Esperanto: Amudarjo
• Estonian: Amudarja
• Finnish: Amudarja, Amu-Darja
• Georgian: ამუდარია (amudaria)
• Greek: Ώξος (el) m (Óxos), Αμού-Ντάρια (Amoú-Ntária), Αμού Ντάρια m (Amoú Ntária)

  Ancient Greek: Ὦξος m (Ôxos)

• Hebrew: גּוֹזָן (gozan)
• Hindi: वंक्षु (hi) f (vaṅkṣu), वक्षु (hi) m (vakṣu), आमू दरिया f (āmū dariyā)
• Hungarian: Amu-darja (hu)
• Japanese: アムダリヤ川 (Amudariya gawa), アム川 (Amu-gawa)
• Kazakh: Әмудария (Ämudariä)
• Kyrgyz: Амударыя (Amudarıya)
• Latin: Ōxus m
• Pashto: آمو (Āmū), جيحون (ps) (Jayḥūn)
• Persian: آمودریا (fa) (âmudaryâ), آمو دریا (âmu daryâ), جیحون (fa) (jeyhun), وخش (fa) (vaxš)
• Polish: Amu-daria (pl) f
• Portuguese: Amu-Dária m
• Russian: Амударья́ (ru) f (Amudarʹjá), Аму-Дарья́ f (Amu-Darʹjá)
• Sanskrit: वङ्क्षु (sa) f (vaṅkṣu), वक्षु (sa) m (vakṣu)
• Serbo-Croatian: Аму-Дарја f, Amu-Darja (sh) f
• Spanish: Amu Daria m, Amu Darya m, Amu-Daria m, Amu-Darya m
• Tajik: Омударё (Omudaryo)
• Tatar: Амудәрья (Amudär’ya)
• Turkish: Ceyhun (tr), Amuderya
• Turkmen: Amyderýa
• Ukrainian: Амудар’я́ f (Amudarʺjá)
• Uzbek: Amudaryo

See also

• Syr Darya