Amu Darya

See also: Amudarya, Amu-Darya, and Amu Dar'ya

English

Amu Darya

Alternative forms

Amudarya
Amu Dar'ya
Amu-Darya

Etymology

From Persian ‎ (Âmu-Daryâ). Second component is Persian ‎ (daryâ, “sea”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌɑːmuːˈdɑːɹɪə/

Proper noun

Amu Darya

A major river in Central Asia flowing across the border of Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan parallel to Syr Darya and into the Aral Sea. Known in classical times as Oxus.

Synonyms

Amu River
Jayhoun

Translations

river

Arabic: جَيْحُون‎ m (jayḥūn), جِيحُون‎ m (jīḥūn), أَمُو دَارْيَا‎ f (ʾamū dāryā), اوقسوس‎ (oqsus)
Armenian: Ամուդարյա (hy) (Amudarya)
Avestan: 𐬬𐬀𐬑𐬴‎ (vaxṣ̌)
Azerbaijani: Ceyhun, Amudərya
Belarusian: Амудар’я́ f (Amudarʺjá)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 阿姆河 (zh) (Āmǔ hé)
Czech: Amudarja (cs)
Danish: Amu Darja
Esperanto: Amudarjo
Estonian: Amudarja
Finnish: Amudarja, Amu-Darja
Georgian: ამუდარია (amudaria)
Greek: Ώξος (el) m (Óxos), Αμού-Ντάρια (Amoú-Dária)
Ancient Greek: Ὦξος m (Ôxos)
Hebrew: גּוֹזָן‎ (gozan)
Hindi: वंक्षु (hi) f (vaṅkṣu), वक्षु (hi) m (vakṣu), आमू दरिया f (āmū dariyā)
Hungarian: Amu-darja (hu)
Japanese: アムダリヤ川 (Amudariya gawa), アム川 (Amu-gawa)
Kazakh: Әмудария (Ämudariä)
Kyrgyz: Амударыя (Amudarıya)
Latin: Ōxus m
Pashto: آمو‎ (Āmū), جيحون‎ (ps) (Jayḥūn)
Persian: آمودریا‎ (fa) (Âmudaryâ), آمو دریا‎ (Âmu daryâ), جیحون‎ (fa) (Jeyhun), وخش‎ (fa) (waxš)
Polish: Amu-daria (pl) f
Portuguese: Amu-Dária m
Russian: Амударья́ (ru) f (Amudarʹjá), Аму-Дарья́ f (Amu-Darʹjá)
Sanskrit: वङ्क्षु (sa) f (vaṅkṣu), वक्षु (sa) m (vakṣu)
Serbo-Croatian: Аму-Дарја f, Amu-Darja (sh) f
Spanish: Amu Daria m, Amu Darya m, Amu-Daria m, Amu-Darya m
Tajik: Омударё (Omudaryo)
Tatar: Амудәрья (Amudär’ya)
Turkish: Ceyhun (tr), Amuderya
Turkmen: Amyderýa
Ukrainian: Амудар’я́ f (Amudarʺjá)
Uzbek: Amudaryo