Murat

See also: murat and murât

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Turkish Murat.

Alternative forms

• Murad

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʊˈɹɑt/

Proper noun

Murat

1. a river in the Armenian Highland, a tributary of the Euphrates

Synonyms

• Aratsani, Arsanias, Eastern Euphrates

Translations

river in the Armenian Highland

• Armenian: Արածանի (hy) (Aracani)
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: Ἀρσανίας (Arsanías)

• Russian: Мурат (ru) (Murat)
• Turkish: Murat (tr)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French Murat.

Proper noun

Murat (plural Murats)

1. A surname from French.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Murat is the 36426^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 614 individuals. Murat is most common among Black/African American (49.19%) and White (40.72%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Murat”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 636.

Turkish

Etymology

From murat (“wish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muˈɾat/

Proper noun

Murat

1. a male given name
2. a surname
3. Murat (a river in Turkey)

Declension

Declension of Murat

	singular	plural
nominative	Murat	Muratlar / Murat'lar
definite accusative	Murat'ı	Muratları / Murat'ları
dative	Murat'a	Muratlara / Murat'lara
locative	Murat'ta	Muratlarda / Murat'larda
ablative	Murat'tan	Muratlardan / Murat'lardan
genitive	Murat'ın	Muratların / Murat'ların

Possessive forms of Murat

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Murat'ım	Muratlarım
senin (your)	Murat'ın	Muratların
onun (his/her/its)	Murat'ı	Muratları
bizim (our)	Murat'ımız	Muratlarımız
sizin (your)	Murat'ınız	Muratlarınız
onların (their)	Murat'ı Muratları	Muratları

References

• Steuerwald, Karl (1972), “Murat”, in Türkisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 657b

Further reading

• Martirosyan, Hrach (2009), “Armenian mawr ‘mud, marsh’ and its hydronimical value”, in Aramazd: Armenian journal of Near Eastern studies‎^[1], volume 4, number 1, pages 73–85 and 179–180, tentatively derives the river name from Old Armenian մօրատ (mōrat), մուրատ (murat, “mud, marsh”), alternative forms of մօր (mōr).