Save Type River Usage Arabic Scripts فرات(Arabic) Meaning & HistoryExpand Links Arabic form of Euphrates. In Arabic it is properly written with the definite article: الفرات (al-Furāt). Related NamesFamily Tree·Details Other Languages & CulturesPurattu(Akkadian) Euphrates(Ancient Greek) Euphrates(Ancient Roman) Euphrates(English) Effratis(Greek) Ufratu(Old Persian) Fırat(Turkish)