ببر

Concepts

tiger

🐅

leopard

🐆

Synonyms

نمر

🐅

نَمِرٌ

بَبرٌ

نِمْر

Translations

Tiger

🐅

tigris

🐅

τίγρη

tigre

🐅

tigre

🐅

tigre

🐅

kaplan

🐅

tigre

🐅

tigre

🐅

tijger

🐅

τίγρης

leopardo

🐆

τίγρις

homme sanguinaire

Pronounced as (IPA)

/babr/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Persian bpl (babr, “tiger, lion, panther”); see there for more. Semitic cognates include Classical Syriac ܒܒܪܐ (bbrʾ), and possibly Akkadian 𒌨𒁇𒊏 (barbarum, “wolf”) if ultimate origin is from Sumerian.