The Euphrates (Greek: EuphrátÄ“s; Akkadian: Pu-rat-tu; Hebrew: פְּרָת PÄ•rÄth; Syriac: Prâth; Arabic: الÙرات Al-FurÄt; Turkish: Fırat; Kurdish: Ùرهات, Firhat, Ferhat) is the western of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia (the other being the Tigris).