هرات
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic هَرَاة (harāh, “Herat”), itself borrowed 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).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ha.ˈɾɑːt]
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [hä.ɾɑ́ːt̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔä.ɾɑ́ːt̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔä.ɾɔ́ːt̪]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [hæ.ɹɒ́ːt̪]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [hi.ɾɔ́t̪]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | harāt |
| Dari reading? | harāt |
| Iranian reading? | harât |
| Tajik reading? | hirot |
Proper noun
| Dari | هرات |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | Ҳирот |
هرات • (harât)
- Herat (a city in Afghanistan)
- Herat (a province of Afghanistan)
- ولایت هرات ― wilāyat-i harāt ― the province of Herat, Herat Province
Synonyms
- هریو (hariv)
- هری (hari)
Derived terms
- هراتی (herâti)
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