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]

• (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)

1. Herat (a city in Afghanistan)
2. 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)