Meanings
- A river in West Asia, 2780 kilometers in length, flowing southwest from Turkey, then southeast, and uniting with the Tigris before entering the Persian Gulf. It forms the Western edge of classical Mesopotamia.
Origin
- Sumerian𒀀𒇉𒌓𒄒𒉣
- Akkadian𒀀𒇉𒌓𒄒𒉣
- Old Persian𐎢𐎳𐎼𐎠𐎬𐎢
- Ancient GreekΕὐφράτης
- LatinEuphrātēs
- EnglishEuphrates
From Latin Euphrātēs, from Ancient Greek Εὐφράτης (Euphrátēs), from Old Persian 𐎢𐎳𐎼𐎠𐎬𐎢 (u-f-r-a-tu-u /ʰUfrātuš/), from Akkadian 𒀀𒇉𒌓𒄒𒉣 (^(ÍD)Purattu), from Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒌓𒄒𒉣 (^(ÍD)Buranun) (compare Elamite 𒌑𒅁𒊏𒌅𒅖 (ú-ip-ra-du-iš), Classical Syriac ܦܪܬ (P(ə)rāṯ)). The Elamite, Akkadian, and possibly Sumerian forms are either from an unrecorded substrate language, or from Proto-Sumerian *𒁍𒍏 burudu "copper" (Sumerian 𒍏 (urudu)) with an explanation that Euphrates was the river by which the copper ore was transported in rafts, since Mesopotamia was the center of copper metallurgy at the period.
More words from Latin, Ancient Greek, Old Persian
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek Εὐφράτης
- Εὐφράτης (Euphrátēs)river in West Asia
Arabic اَلْفُرَات
- اَلْفُرَات (al-furāt)river in West Asia
Bengali ফোরাত
- ফোরাত (phōrat)river in West Asia
Bulgarian Ефра́т
- Ефра́т (Efrát)river in West Asia
Catalan Eufrates
- Eufratesriver in West Asia
Chinese Mandarin 幼發拉底河 /幼发拉底河
- 幼發拉底河 /幼发拉底河 (Yòufālādǐ Hé)river in West Asia
Czech Eufrat
- Eufratriver in West Asia
Danish Eufrat
- Eufratriver in West Asia
Dutch Eufraat
- Eufraatriver in West Asia
Esperanto Eŭfrato
- Eŭfratoriver in West Asia
Finnish Eufrat
- Eufratriver in West Asia
French Euphrate
- Euphrateriver in West Asia
German Euphrat
- Euphratriver in West Asia
Greek Ευφράτης
- Ευφράτης (Effrátis)river in West Asia
Hebrew פְּרָת
- פְּרָת (P'rát)river in West Asia
Hindi फ़रात
- फ़रात (farāt)river in West Asia
Hungarian Eufrátesz
- Eufráteszriver in West Asia
Icelandic Efrat
- Efratriver in West Asia
Indonesian Efrat
- Efratriver in West Asia
Irish Eofrait
- Eofraitriver in West Asia
Italian Eufrate
- Eufrateriver in West Asia
Japanese ユーフラテス川
- ユーフラテス川 (Yūfuratesu-gawa)river in West Asia
Korean 유프라테스 강
- 유프라테스 강river in West Asia
Latin Euphrates, Eufrates
- Euphratesriver in West Asia
- Eufratesriver in West Asia
Malay Euphrates, Furat
- Euphratesriver in West Asia
- Furatriver in West Asia
Persian فرات
- فرات (forât)river in West Asia
Polish Eufrat
- Eufratriver in West Asia
Portuguese Eufrates
- Eufratesriver in West Asia
Punjabi ਫ਼ਰਾਤ
- ਫ਼ਰਾਤ (farāt)river in West Asia
Romanian Eufrat
- Eufratriver in West Asia
Russian Евфра́т
- Евфра́т (Jevfrát)river in West Asia
Scottish Gaelic Euphràtes
- Euphràtesriver in West Asia
Slovak Eufrat
- Eufratriver in West Asia
Spanish Eufrates, Éufrates
- Eufratesriver in West Asia
- Éufratesriver in West Asia
Swahili Frati
- Fratiriver in West Asia
Swedish Eufrat
- Eufratriver in West Asia
Tamil புராத்து
- புராத்து (purāttu)river in West Asia
Turkish Fırat
- Fıratriver in West Asia
Ukrainian Євфрат
- Євфрат (Jevfrat)river in West Asia
Welsh Ewffrates
- Ewffratesriver in West Asia
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
Euphrates. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Euphrates
“Euphrates.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Euphrates. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Euphrates,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Euphrates.
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