Shatt al-Arab

Shatt al-Arab

See also: Shatt-al-Arab

English

Alternative forms

• Shatt-al-Arab

Etymology

From Arabic شَطّ اَلْعَرَب‎ (šaṭṭ al-ʿarab, literally “stream of the Arabs”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌʃæt æl ˈæɹ.əb/[1]

Proper noun

Shatt al-Arab

1. A river in Southwest Iraq, formed by the confluence of the Euphrates and the Tigris; the southern end of the river constitutes the border between Iraq and Iran down to the mouth of the river as it discharges into the Persian Gulf.

Synonyms

• Arvand Rud (from Persian)

Translations

river

Armenian: Շատտ էլ-Արաբ (Šatt ēl-Arab) Japanese: シャットゥルアラブ川 (Shattu aru Arabu-gawa) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: شەتولعەرەب‎ (şetul'ereb) Persian: اروندرود‎ (fa) (arvand-rud) Portuguese: Xatalárabe, Chate Alárabe Russian: Шатт-эль-А́раб (Šatt-elʹ-Árab) Turkish: Şattülarap

References

1. “Shatt al-Arab”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary