𐤁𐤓𐤕

Phoenician

Alternative forms

𐤁𐤀𐤓𐤕 (bʾrt)

Etymology

From Proto-West Semitic *biʾrāt- (“wells”). Cognate with Biblical Hebrew בְּאֵרוֹת (bəʾērōṯ). Compare Akkadian 𒁁𒊒𒋫 (/⁠bērūta⁠/, “Beirut”) and Egyptian brt (“Beirut”), both borrowed from a Canaanite language ancestral to Phoenician in the 2nd millennium BC.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /beːˈruːt/

Proper noun

𐤁𐤓𐤕 (brt /bērūt/)

Beirut

Descendants

→ Ancient Greek: Βηρῡτός (Bērūtós)
- Greek: Βηρυτός (Virytós)
- → Latin: Bērȳtus
  - → English: Berytus
  - French: Béryte
  - → German: Berytus
  - Italian: Berito
  - Spanish: Berito
→ Arabic: بَيْرُوت (bayrūt)
- Cypriot Arabic: Verút
- → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܲܝܪܘܼܬ (bayrūt)
- → Azerbaijani: Beyrut
- → Bashkir: Бәйрүт (Bəyrüt)
- → Hindustani:
  - Hindi: बैरूत (bairūt)
  - Urdu: بَیرُوت (bairūt)
- → Marathi: बैरूत (bairūt)
- → Ottoman Turkish: بیروت (Beyrût)
  - Turkish: Beyrut
- → Persian: بیروت (beyrut)
- → Punjabi:
  - Gurmukhi script: ਬੈਰੂਤ (bairūt)
  - Shahmukhi script: بَیرُوت (bairūt)
- → Sindhi: بيروت
- → Tatar: Бәйрут (Bäyrut)
- → Uyghur: بەيرۇت (beyrut)
- → Uzbek: Bayrut

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