Etymology

Herat

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Today it means: A city, the capital of Herat province, Afghanistan, dating back to Avestan times. Full definition →

Classical Persian هَرَات ← Arabic هَرَاة ← Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed]
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ser-“to flow, run”
  2. Old Persian · derived from𐏃𐎼𐎡𐎺
  3. Middle Persian · derived from[Book Pahlavi needed]
  4. Arabic · derived fromهَرَاة
  5. Classical Persian · borrowed fromهَرَات
  6. English todayHerat

Borrowed from Classical Persian هَرَات (harāt), from Arabic هَرَاة (harāh), from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hlyb' /⁠harēw⁠/), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎼𐎡𐎺 (h-r-i-v /⁠haraiva⁠/), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to flow, run”); see also Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬭𐬊𐬌𐬎𐬎𐬀 (haroiuua).

Words from the same roots

Proto-Indo-European*ser- all →

seriesinsertheroobserveconciergeHermessorcererSerbsorceryheresyberserksarksortieberserkerdiaeresissereseracensorcellirenic

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