Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

herat

/hɛɹɑːt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.55 in modern English

Syllables: her-at
IPA: /hɛɹɑːt/

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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

name

A province of Afghanistan.

Example Sentences

"He [...] told her that Herat, the city where Mariam was born, in 1959, had once been the cradle of Persian culture, the home of writers, painters, and Sufis."
"Shortly before they cross the border into Herat, they pass an Afghan refugee camp."

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian هَرَات (harāt), from Arabic هَرَاة (harāh), 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).

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: هَرَاة, 𐏃𐎼𐎡𐎺, *ser-

Derived Forms

Herati

Frequently Paired Words

Aria Harev Hari

Rhymes With

nat tat lat baht rabat jat zakat khat chaat diktat kyat naat

Questions

How do you pronounce herat?: The recorded pronunciation is /hɛɹɑːt/.
What does herat mean?: A city, the capital of Herat province, Afghanistan, dating back to Avestan times.
Where does herat come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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