Euphrates

English Etymology From en la Euphrātēs, from en grc Εὐφράτης, from en peo 𐎢𐎳𐎼𐎠𐎬𐎢 hUfrātuš, from en akk 𒀀𒇉𒌓𒄒𒉣 ÍDPurattu, from en sux 𒀀𒇉𒌓𒄒𒉣 ÍDBuranun (compare elx 𒌑𒅁𒊏𒌅𒅖 ú-ip-ra-du-iš, syc Syrc 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 sux 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. Pronunciation en /juːˈfɹeɪtiːz/ en en-us-Euphrates.ogg US en eɪtiz 3 Proper noun the Euphrates en Q34589 en Rivers in Syria Rivers in Iraq Rivers in Turkey en river region/West Asia, 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. Related terms en Euphratean Transeuphratean Translations river in West Asia Afrikaans: af Eufraat Akkadian: akk 𒀀𒇉𒌓𒄒𒉣 Purattu Albanian: sq Eufrati Amharic: am ኤፍራጥስ Arabic: ar اَلْفُرَات m Aramaic: Classical Syriac: syc ܦܪܬ m P(ə)rāṯ Armenian: hy Եփրատ Azerbaijani: az Fərat Basque: eu Eufrates Belarusian: be Еўфра́т m Bengali: bn ফোরাত Bulgarian: bg Ефра́т m Catalan: ca Eufrates m Cherokee: chr ᎷᏇᏗ Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 幼發拉底河 Yòufālādǐ Hé Czech: cs Eufrat m Danish: da Eufrat Dutch: nl Eufraat Elamite: elx 𒌑𒅁𒊏𒌅𒅖 ú-ip-ra-tu-iš Esperanto: eo Eŭfrato Estonian: et Eufrat Finnish: fi Eufrat French: fr Euphrate m Galician: gl Eufrates m Georgian: ka ევფრატი German: de Euphrat m Greek: el Ευφράτης Ancient Greek: grc Εὐφράτης Hebrew: he פְּרָת P'rát Hindi: hi फ़रात Hungarian: hu Eufrátesz Icelandic: is Efrat Indonesian: id Efrat Irish: ga Eofrait Italian: it Eufrate m Japanese: ja ユーフラテス川 Yūfuratesu-gawa Javanese: jv ꦌꦥ꦳ꦿꦠ꧀ Éfrat Kazakh: kk Евфрат Korean: ko ^유프라테스 강 Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Firat m Latin: la Euphrates, la Eufrates Latvian: lv Eifrata f Lingala: ln Ufrate Lithuanian: lt Eufratas m Malay: ms Euphrates, ms Furat Malayalam: ml യൂഫ്രട്ടീസ് Mingrelian: xmf ევფრატი Mongolian: mn Евфрат Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Eufrat Nynorsk: nn Eufrat Old English: ang Eufrates f Old Norse: non Eufrátes Persian: fa فرات forât Middle Persian: pal 𐭯𐭫𐭠𐭲𐭩 Prāt, Frād Old Persian: peo 𐎢𐎳𐎼𐎠𐎬𐎢𐏁 hUfrātuš Polish: pl Eufrat m Portuguese: pt Eufrates m Punjabi: pa ਫ਼ਰਾਤ Romanian: ro Eufrat Russian: ru Евфра́т m Scottish Gaelic: gd Euphràtes Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Еуфрат m Latin: sh Eufrat m Slovak: sk Eufrat m Slovene: sl Evfrat m Somali: so Furaat Spanish: es Eufrates m, es Éufrates m Sumerian: sux 𒀀𒇉𒌓𒄒𒉣 ídBuranun Swahili: sw Frati Swedish: sv Eufrat Tajik: tg Еуфратес, tg Фурот Tamil: ta புராத்து Tatar: tt Yefrat Thai: th ยูเฟรทีส yuu-free-tîis Tok Pisin: tpi Yufretis Turkish: tr Fırat Ottoman Turkish: ota فرات furat, fırat Ukrainian: uk Євфрат Uzbek: uz Evfrat Walloon: wa Ufrate Welsh: cy Ewffrates West Flemish: vls Eufroat See also en Mesopotamia en Tigris Anagrams en aeehprstu superheat en exonyms Latin Alternative forms la Eufrātēs Etymology From la grc Εὐφράτης, from la peo 𐎢𐎳𐎼𐎠𐎬𐎢 hUfrātuš, itself from la akk 𒀀𒇉𒌓𒄒𒉣 ÍDPurattu, from la sux 𒀀𒇉𒌓𒄒𒉣 ÍDBuranun. See English etymology for further details. Pronunciation Euphrātēs Proper noun ((Euphrātēs<3>,Euphrātēs<1>)) la river r/West Asia Euphrates A philosopher in the time of Pliny the Younger. la rare A surname. Declension ((Euphrātēs<3>,Euphrātēs<1>)) Noun Euphrātēs<3.both> m Those who dwell on the banks of the Euphrates river. Declension Euphrātēs<3.both> Derived terms la Euphrātaeus Euphrātis Trānseuphrātaea Trānseuphrātaeus References