Euphrates

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /juːˈfɹeɪtiːz/

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• Rhymes: -eɪtiz

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Εὐφράτης (Euphrátēs), from Old Persian 𐎢𐎳𐎼𐎠𐎬𐎢 (Ufrātu), from Elamite 𒌑𒅁𒊏𒌅𒅖 (ú-ip-ra-tu-iš). Related is Akkadian 𒀀𒇉𒌓𒄒𒉣 (^ÍDPurattu) (compare Classical Syriac ܦܪܬ‏ (P(ə)rāṯ)). The Elamite, Akkadian, and possibly Sumerian forms are either from an unrecorded substrate language, or from Proto-Sumerian *𒁍𒍏 burudu "copper" (Sumerian 𒍏 (urudu)) with an explanation that Euphrates was the river by which the copper ore was transported in rafts, since Mesopotamia was the center of copper metallurgy at the period.

Proper noun

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

• Akkadian: 𒀀𒇉𒌓𒄒𒉣 (Purattu)
• Amharic: ኤፍራጥስ (ʾefraṭs)
• Arabic: اَلْفُرَات‏‎ m (al-furāt)
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syric: ܦܪܬ‏‎ m (P(ə)rāṯ)

• Armenian: Եփրատ (Epʿrat)
• Azeri: Fərat (az)
• Bengali: ফোরাত (phorat)
• Bulgarian: Ефрат m (Efrát)
• Catalan: Eufrates m
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: Eufrat (cs) m
• Danish: Eufrat
• Dutch: Eufraat
• Elamite: 𒌑𒅁𒊏𒌅𒅖 (ú-ip-ra-tu-iš)
• Esperanto: Eŭfrato
• Finnish: Eufrat
• French: Euphrate (fr) m
• Georgian: ევფრატი (evpraṭi)
• German: Euphrat (de) m
• Greek: Ευφράτης (el) (Effrátis)

  Ancient: Εὐφράτης (Euphrátēs)

• Hebrew: פְּרָת‏‎ (P'rát)
• Hindi: फ़रात (farāt)
• Hungarian: Eufrátesz (hu)
• Icelandic: Efrat
• Irish: Eofrait
• Italian: Eufrate m
• Japanese: ユーフラテス川 (Yūfuratesu-gawá)
• Javanese: ꦌꦥ꦳ꦿꦠ꧀ (Éfrat)

• Kazakh: Евфрат (Evfrat)
• Korean: 유프라테스 강 (Yupeurateseu gang)
• Kurdish: Firat (ku) m
• Latin: Euphrates
• Lingala: Ufrate
• Malayalam: യൂഫ്രട്ടീസ് (yūphraṭṭīs)
• Middle Persian: 𐭯𐭫𐭠𐭲𐭩‏‎ (Prāt, Frād)
• Mingrelian: ევფრატი (evpraṭi)
• Mongolian: Евфрат (Jevfrat)
• Persian: فرات‏‎ (fa) (Forât)

  Old Persian: 𐎢𐎳𐎼𐎠𐎬𐎢 (Ufrātu)

• Portuguese: Eufrates m
• Punjabi: ਫ਼ਰਾਤ (pa) (Farāt)
• Romanian: Eufrat
• Russian: Евфра́т (ru) m (Jevfrát)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Еуфрат m

  Roman: Eufrat (sh) m

• Slovak: Eufrat m
• Somali: Furaat
• Spanish: Eufrates m
• Sumerian: 𒀀𒇉𒌓𒄒𒉣 (^ídBuranun)
• Swahili: Frati
• Tajik: Еуфратес (Eufrates)
• Tamil: புராத்து (purāttu)
• Tatar: Yefrat
• Tok Pisin: Yufretis
• Turkish: Fırat (tr)
• Uzbek: Evfrat
• Walloon: Ufrate
• West Flemish: Eufroat

See also

• Mesopotamia
• Tigris

Anagrams

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