The story
- Persian · borrowed fromدریا“sea”
- Persian · derived fromآمودریا
- English todayAmu Darya
From Persian آمودریا (âmu-daryâ). The second component is Persian دریا (daryâ, “sea”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Amu Darya
Today it means: A major river in Central Asia, flowing along the borders of Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, emptying into the (now mostly dry) Aral Sea. Full definition →
Persian آمودریا