𐤁𐤓𐤕

Phoenician

Alternative forms

• 𐤁𐤀𐤓𐤕 (bʾrt)

Etymology

From Proto-West Semitic *biʾrāt- (“wells”). Cognate with Biblical Hebrew בְּאֵרוֹת (bəʾērōṯ). Compare Akkadian 𒁁𒊒𒋫 (/⁠bērūta⁠/, “Beirut”) and Egyptian brt (“Beirut”), both borrowed from a Canaanite language ancestral to Phoenician in the 2nd millennium BC.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beːˈruːt/

Proper noun

𐤁𐤓𐤕 (brt /bērūt/)

1. Beirut

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: Βηρῡτός (Bērūtós)
  • Greek: Βηρυτός (Virytós)
  • → Latin: Bērȳtus
    • → English: Berytus
    • French: Béryte
    • → German: Berytus
    • Italian: Berito
    • Spanish: Berito
• → Arabic: بَيْرُوت (bayrūt)
  • Cypriot Arabic: Verút
  • → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܲܝܪܘܼܬ (bayrūt)
  • → Azerbaijani: Beyrut
  • → Bashkir: Бәйрүт (Bəyrüt)
  • → Hindustani:
    • Hindi: बैरूत (bairūt)
    • Urdu: بَیرُوت (bairūt)
  • → Marathi: बैरूत (bairūt)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: بیروت (Beyrût)
    • Turkish: Beyrut
  • → Persian: بیروت (beyrut)
  • → Punjabi:
    • Gurmukhi script: ਬੈਰੂਤ (bairūt)
    • Shahmukhi script: بَیرُوت (bairūt)
  • → Sindhi: بيروت
  • → Tatar: Бәйрут (Bäyrut)
  • → Uyghur: بەيرۇت (beyrut)
  • → Uzbek: Bayrut