Tigridia

== Translingual == === Etymology === By surface analysis, Latin tigris (“tiger”) +‎ -ia. (plant genus): Coined by French botanist Antoine Laurent de Jussieu in 1789. So named due to the stripe patterns on some individuals' petals, reminiscent of those of a tiger's fur. Compare Classical Nahuatl oceloxochitl (literally “jaguar flower”), from the words of Classical Nahuatl ocelotl (“jaguar”) and Classical Nahuatl xochitl (“flower”). (butterfly genus): Coined by German entomologist Jacob Hübner in 1819. So called due to the orange-and-black stripe patterns found on Tigridia acesta's wings. === Pronunciation === English: (see also tigridia) enPR: tĭ-grĭ′-dē-ə (US) IPA(key): /tɪˈɡɹɪ.di.ə/ Rhymes: -ɪdiə Homophone: tigridia Russian: (see тигри́дия (tigrídija)) === Proper noun === Tigridia f A taxonomic genus within the family Iridaceae – tiger flowers or tigridias. A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphalidae – the tiger beauty. ==== Descendants ==== Arabic: → بَبْرِيّة (babriyya) (semantic loan), → زَنْبَق النَّمِرِ (zanbaq an-namiri) (partial calque) Chinese: → 虎皮花 (hǔpíhuā) (partial calque) English: → tigridia, → tiger flower (partial calque), → tiger beauty (partial calque) German: → Tigerblume (partial calque), → Tigerlilie (partial calque) Hungarian: → tigrisvirág (partial calque) Nahuatl: →? ocēlōxōchitl (partial calque) Classical Nahuatl: >? oceloxochitl Persian: → گل ببری (gol babre) (partial calque) Polish: → tygrysówka (calque), → tygryska (calque) Russian: → тигри́дия (tigrídija) Serbo-Croatian: → tigrov cvijet / тигров цвијет (partial calque) Sindhi: →? گُلُ چِيٽُو (gulu ceṭu) (partial calque) Slovene: → tigridija ==== Translations ==== === See also === plant genus Tigridia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Tigridia (Iridaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Tigridia (Iridaceae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons butterfly genus Tigridia (Nymphalidae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Tigridia (Nymphalinae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons