Tigris

== English == === Etymology === From Latin Tigris, from Ancient Greek Τίγρις (Tígris), an alternative form of Τίγρης (Tígrēs), from Old Persian 𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎠 (Tigrā), from Akkadian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (Idiglat), from Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (Idigna, literally “fast as an arrow”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtaɪɡɹɪs/ === Proper noun === the Tigris 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. ==== Translations ==== === See also === == Catalan == === Etymology === From Latin Tigris, from Ancient Greek Τίγρις (Tígris), an alternative form of Τίγρης (Tígrēs), from Old Persian 𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎠 (Tigrā), from Akkadian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (ÍDIdiqlat), from Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (ÍDIdigna, ÍDIdigina, literally “fast as an arrow”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈti.ɣɾis] === Proper noun === Tigris m Tigris (a river in West Asia flowing 1,150 miles east-southeast from the Armenian Highland in Turkey through Iraq) ==== See also ==== Eufrates == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈtɪɡrɪs] Hyphenation: Ti‧g‧ris === Proper noun === Tigris m inan Tigris (a river in West Asia flowing 1,150 miles east-southeast from the Armenian Highland in Turkey through Iraq) ==== Declension ==== == Finnish == === Etymology === From Latin Tigris, from Ancient Greek Τίγρις (Tígris). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtiɡris/, [ˈt̪iɡris̠] Rhymes: -iɡris Syllabification(key): Tig‧ris Hyphenation(key): Tig‧ris === Proper noun === Tigris Tigris (a river in West Asia flowing 1,150 miles east-southeast from the Armenian Highland in Turkey through Iraq) ==== Declension ==== == German == === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Tigris m (proper noun, strong, genitive Tigris) Tigris (a river in West Asia flowing 1,150 miles east-southeast from the Armenian Highland in Turkey through Iraq) == Hungarian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈtiɡriʃ] Hyphenation: Tig‧ris Rhymes: -iʃ === Proper noun === Tigris Tigris (a river in West Asia flowing 1,150 miles east-southeast from the Armenian Highland in Turkey through Iraq) ==== Declension ==== == Indonesian == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin Tigris, from Ancient Greek Τίγρις (Tígris). === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈtiɡris/ [ˈt̪i.ɡrɪs] Rhymes: -iɡris Syllabification: Ti‧gris === Proper noun === Tigris Tigris (a river in West Asia flowing 1,150 miles east-southeast from the Armenian Highland in Turkey through Iraq) === Further reading === “Tigris”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τίγρις (Tígris). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtɪ.ɡrɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtiː.ɡris] === Proper noun === Tigris m sg (genitive Tigridis); third declension Tigris (a river in West Asia) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im or -in, ablative singular in -e or -ī), singular only. ==== Descendants ==== All borrowings: English: Tigris Italian: Tigri Old Galician-Portuguese: Tigre, Tigres, TigrisGalician: TigrisPortuguese: Tigre, Tígris ==== See also ==== tigris === References === “Tigris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Tigris”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Old English == === Etymology === From Latin Tigris, from Ancient Greek Τίγρις (Tígris), an alternative form of Τίγρης (Tígrēs), from Old Persian 𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎠 (Tigrā), from Akkadian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (ÍDIdiqlat), from Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (ÍDIdigna, ÍDIdigina, literally “fast as an arrow”). === Proper noun === Tigris f Tigris (a river in West Asia) late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans == Serbo-Croatian == === Proper noun === Tigris m animacy unspecified (Cyrillic spelling Тигрис) Tigris (a river in West Asia flowing 1,150 miles east-southeast from the Armenian Highland in Turkey through Iraq) == Slovak == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtiɡris/ === Proper noun === Tigris m inan (genitive singular Tigrisu, declension pattern of dub) Tigris (a river in West Asia flowing 1,150 miles east-southeast from the Armenian Highland in Turkey through Iraq) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== tigriský === Further reading === “Tigris”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtiɡɾis/ [ˈt̪i.ɣ̞ɾis] Rhymes: -iɡɾis Syllabification: Ti‧gris === Proper noun === Tigris m Tigris (a river in West Asia flowing 1,150 miles east-southeast from the Armenian Highland in Turkey through Iraq)