Aras is a Kurdish, Persian, Turkish and Urdu name for boys and girls. In Kurdish and Persian it means âequalâ, âbalancedâ. The word Aras commonly refers to the Aras River, which flows through Turkey, Armenia, Iran and Azerbaijan. In Kurdish the name is pronounced [(A)fter] + [p(R)ay + s(A)nd + (S)it], in Persian [(A)fter] + [p(R)ay + r(U)n + (S)it]. In Azerbaijani the river is called Araz and pronounced [(A)fter] + [p(R)ay + s(A)nd + (Z)ero].