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Εὐφράτας

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Persian *Hufratah.[1][2][3]

Proper noun

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Εὐφράτας (Euphrátasm (genitive Εὐφράτου); third declension

  1. a male given name from Old Persian: Euphratas

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Greek: Ευφράτας (Effrátas)
  • Latin: Euphratas

References

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  1. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*hufrata-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 123
  2. ^ 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, →ISBN, page 204
  3. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.789. *(H)ufrata-”, in 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, →ISBN, page 205

Further reading

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