فرات

See also: قرأت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الْفُرَات (al-furāt).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [fu.ˈɾɑːt]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fʊ.ɾɑ́ːt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fʊ.ɾɑ́ːt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [fʊ.ɾɑ́ːt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [fu.ɾɔ́ːt̪]

• (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)

1. 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

• → Azerbaijani: Fərat
• → Bengali: ফোরাত (phōrat)
• → Hindi: फ़रात (farāt)
• → Punjabi: ਫ਼ਰਾਤ (farāt)
• → Turkish: Fırat

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)

1. 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)

References

• “فرات”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “فرات”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.