Etymology

Ararat

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Today it means: Mount Ararat, the tallest mountain of Turkey and of the entire Armenian Highland. In Armenian antiquity known as Masis, it became associated with the Biblical "Mountains of Ararat" (Genesis 8:4) at some point during the Middle Ages. Full definition →

Latin Ararat ← Ancient Greek Ἀραράτ ← Biblical Hebrew אֲרָרָט
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The story

  1. Armenian · borrowed fromԱրարատ
  2. Biblical Hebrew · derived fromאֲרָרָט
  3. Ancient Greek · derived fromἈραράτ
  4. Latin · borrowed fromArarat
  5. English todayArarat

From Latin Ararat, from Ancient Greek Ἀραράτ (Ararát), from Biblical Hebrew אֲרָרָט (ʾărārāṭ), in Genesis 8:4. Corresponds to Akkadian 𒆳𒌵 (Urarṭu, “Urartu”), the name of a land which in Classical Antiquity became known as 𐎠𐎼𐎷𐎡𐎴 (a-r-mi-i-n /⁠Armina⁠/) (in Behistun inscription, 6th century BC), Ἀρμενία (Armenía) (in Hecataeus of Miletus, ca. 476 BC). The place names in modern Armenia and the given name are from Armenian Արարատ (Ararat).

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