Shatt al-Arab

See also: Shatt-al-Arab

English

Alternative forms

• Shatt-al-Arab

Etymology

From Arabic شَطّ اَلْعَرَب (šaṭṭ al-ʕarab, literally “stream of the Arabs”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌʃæt æl ˈæɹ.əb/

Proper noun

Shatt al-Arab

1. A river in Southwest Iraq, formed by the confluence of the Euphrates and the Tigris; the southern end of the river constitutes the border between Iraq and Iran down to the mouth of the river as it discharges into the Persian Gulf.

Synonyms

• Arvand Rud (from Persian)

Translations

river

• Arabic: شَطُّ العَرَب m (šaṭṭu al-ʕarab)
• Armenian: Շատտ էլ-Արաբ (Šatt ēl-Arab)
• Japanese: シャットゥルアラブ川 (Shattu aru Arabu-gawa)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: شەتولعەرەب (şetul'ereb)

• Persian: اروندرود (fa) (arvand-rud)
• Portuguese: Xatalárabe, Chate Alárabe
• Russian: Шатт-эль-А́раб (Šatt-elʹ-Árab)
• Turkish: Şattülarap