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Gender Masculine
Usage Old Persian (Hellenized)
Scripts Εὐφράτης(Ancient Greek)
Other Forms FormsEvfratis (modern Greek transcription)
Meaning & History
Possibly taken from the name of the river Euphrates, the Greek form of Old Persian 𐎢𐎳𐎼𐎠𐎬𐎢 (*ʰUfrātuš), which possibly derived from proto-Sumerian *burudu meaning "copper".