هرات

Persian

Etymology

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

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /haˈɾɔt/

Proper noun

Dari هرات
Iranian Persian
Tajik Ҳирот (Hirot)

هرات • (herât, harât)

  1. Herat (a city in Afghanistan)
  2. Herat (a province of Afghanistan)
    ‏ولایت هرات‎ ― velâyat-e herât ― the province of Herat, Herat Province

Synonyms

  • هریو‎ (hariv)
  • هری‎ (hari)

Derived terms

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