𐎒𐎳𐎼𐎠𐎬𐎒

Old Persian

Etymology

From Akkadian π’€€π’‡‰π’Œ“π’„’π’‰£ (ÍDPurattu), itself from Sumerian π’€€π’‡‰π’Œ“π’„’π’‰£ (ÍDBuranun). Developed into *hUfrātuΕ‘ (literally β€œhaving good fords”) through folk etymology.[1]

Proper noun

𐎒𐎳𐎼𐎠𐎬𐎒 (hUfrātu-)

  1. Euphrates

Descendants

References

  1. Tavernier, Jan (2007) Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, β†’ISBN, page 94
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