Tigre

Meaning

Tigris (a river in the Middle East)

Concepts

Tigris

tiger

🐅

Tigris River

Tiger

🐅

Tigre Partido

Synonyms

Rio Tigre

Rio tigre

Translations

Tigre

Tigris

Tigris

Dicle

Tigris

Tigris

Tigri

Tigris

Τίγρης

Dîcle

Τίγρις

دجلة

Tijger

ποταμός Τίγρης

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈt͡ʃi.ɡɾi/

Etymology

Etymology tree
Sumerian 𒀀𒇉?
Sumerian 𒉌
Sumerian 𒁺
Sumerian 𒀀
Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼bor.
Akkadian Idiglatbor.
Old Persian 𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎠 (t-i-g-r-a)bor.
Ancient Greek Τίγρης (Tígrēs)bor.
Latin Tigrislbor.
Old Galician-Portuguese Tigre
Portuguese Tigre
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Tigre, from Latin Tigris, from Ancient Greek Τίγρις (Tígris), from Old Persian 𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎠 (Tigrā), from Akkadian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (^(ÍD)Idiqlat), from Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (^(ÍD)Idigna, ^(ÍD)Idigina, literally “fast as an arrow”).