Tigris
/หtaษชษกษนษชs/ ยท name
Meaning
- A river in West Asia flowing 1,150 miles east-southeast from the Armenian Highland in Turkey through Iraq. It forms the eastern edge of classical Mesopotamia. It unites with the Euphrates River to form the Shatt al-Arab before flowing into the Persian Gulf.
Etymology / origin
Etymology tree Sumerian ๐๐ (idโ /โ idโ /) Sumerian ๐ (iโ /โ iโ /) Sumerian ๐บ (gฬen) Sumerian ๐ (a /โ 'aโ /) ? Sumerian ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ผ (^(idโ)idigna /โ Idignaโ /)bor. Akkadian ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ผbor. Old Persian ๐ซ๐ก๐ฅ๐ผ๐ (t-i-g-r-a /โ Tigrฤโ /)bor. Ancient Greek ฮคฮฏฮณฯฮทฯ (Tรญgrฤs)bor. Latin Tigrisbor. English Tigris Borrowed from Latin Tigris, borrowed from Ancient Greek ฮคฮฏฮณฯฮทฯ (Tรญgrฤs), borrowed from Old Persian ๐ซ๐ก๐ฅ๐ผ๐ (t-i-g-r-a /โ Tigrฤโ /), borrowed from Akkadian ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ผ, borrowed from Sumerian ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ผ (^(idโ)idigna /โ Idignaโ /), possibly from ๐๐ (idโ /โ idโ /, โriverโ) + ๐ (iโ /โ iโ /, finite prefix) + ๐บ (gฬen, โwentโ) + ๐ (a /โ 'aโ /, nominalising suffix).
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