English Explanatory Dictionary

Herat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A city, the capital of Herat province, Afghanistan, dating back to Avestan times.
  2. A province of Afghanistan.

Pronunciation

/hɛɹɑːt/

Word forms

Herat

Etymology

From Classical Persian هَرَات (harāt), from Arabic هَرَاة (harāh), from Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠harēw⁠/).

Related words

Aria Harev Hari

Translations

Arabic: هَرَاة Armenian: Հերաթ Bengali: হেরাত Chinese Mandarin: 赫拉特 Hindi: हेरात Japanese: ヘラート Korean: 헤라트 Marathi: हेरात Pashto: هرات Persian: هرات Old Persian: 𐏃𐎼𐎡𐎺 Polish: Herat Russian: Гера́т Tajik: Ҳирот Turkish: Herat Ottoman Turkish: هَرات Uyghur: ھىرات
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