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)
- 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
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.ˈɾaːt/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [fʊ.ɾɑ́ːt̪]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [fo.ɹɒ́ːt̪]
- (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)
- 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
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 • (furāt, farāt) m (Hindi spelling फ़रात)
- 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)