פרת

Aramaic

Verb

פרת • (transliteration needed)

  1. to burst, split

Proper noun

פְּרָת or פְּרַת • (pərāṯ or pəraṯ)

  1. Euphrates

Hebrew

Etymology 1

From Aramaic פְּרָת (pərāṯ), from Akkadian 𒀀𒇉𒌓𒄒𒉣 (purattu), itself from Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒌓𒄒𒉣 (ÍDBuranun, literally “having good fords”); related to Arabic الْفُرَات (al-furāt), Old Persian 𐎢𐎳𐎼𐎠𐎬𐎢 (hUfrātuš) and Elamite 𒌑𒅁𒊏𒌅𒅖 (ú-ip-ra-tu-iš).

Pronunciation

  • (פְּרָת)
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    • Homophone: פְּרָט (p'rát)

Proper noun

פְּרָת • (p'rát)

  1. Euphrates
    • Tanach, Deuteronomy 1:7, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      […] עַד־הַנָּהָר הַגָּדֹל נְהַר־פְּרָת׃
      […] 'ad-hanahár hagadól n'har-p'rát.
      […] ʿaḏ-hannāhār haggāḏōl nəhar-pərāṯ.
      […] as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.

Further reading

Etymology 2

Noun

פָּרַת • (parát)

  1. singular construct state form of פָּרָה (pará)‎: cow of
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