Tigris

See also tigris

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Τίγρις (Tigris), from Old Persian 𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎠 (Tigrā), from Elamite ti-ig-ra, from Sumerian idigna, literally ‘fast as an arrow’, because the Tigris is rough and fast flowing. Compare Middle Persian Arvand ‘Tigris’, literally ‘swift’ (cf. Avestan -aurvant).

Proper noun

Tigris

1. A river in Southwest Asia flowing 1,150 miles east-southeast from 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

river in Southwest Asia

• Arabic: دجلة (ar) (díjla) f
• Armenian: Տիգրիս (hy) (Tigris)
• Catalan: Tigris (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 底格里斯河 (cmn) (Dǐgélǐsī hé)

• Czech: Tigris (cs) m
• Esperanto: Tigriso (eo)
• Finnish: Tigris (fi)
• French: Tigre (fr) m
• German: Tigris (de) m
• Greek: Τίγρις (el) (Tígris)
• Hungarian: Tigris (hu)
• Japanese: チグリス川 (ja) (Chigurisu-gawá)

• Korean: 티그리스 강 (ko) (Tigeuriseu gang)
• Latin: Tigris (la)
• Portuguese: Tigre (pt) m
• Russian: Тигр (ru) (Tigr) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Тигрис m

  Roman: Tigris m

• Slovak: Tigris (sk) m
• Spanish: Tigris (es) m
• Swedish: Tigris (sv)
• Tok Pisin: Taigris (tpi)
• Turkish: Dicle (tr)

See also

• Mesopotamia
• Euphrates

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Czech

Proper noun

Tigris m

1. Tigris

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Finnish

Proper noun

Tigris

1. Tigris

Declension

Declension of Tigris (type vieras) singular plural nominative Tigris – genitive Tigriin – partitive Tigristä – accusative Tigris Tigriin – inessive Tigriissä – elative Tigriistä – illative Tigriiseen – adessive Tigriillä – ablative Tigriiltä – allative Tigriille – essive Tigriinä – translative Tigriiksi – instructive – – abessive Tigriittä – comitative – – 1) Rare.

Declension of Tigris (type vastaus) singular plural nominative Tigris – genitive Tigriksen – partitive Tigristä – accusative Tigris Tigriksen – inessive Tigriksessä – elative Tigriksestä – illative Tigrikseen – adessive Tigriksellä – ablative Tigrikseltä – allative Tigrikselle – essive Tigriksenä – translative Tigrikseksi – instructive – – abessive Tigriksettä – comitative – –

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German

Proper noun

Tigris ?

1. Tigris

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Hungarian

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtiɡriʃ/
• Hyphenation: Tig‧ris

Proper noun

Tigris

1. Tigris

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Τίγρις (Tigris).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈti.ɡris/

Proper noun

Tigris (genitive Tigridis); m, third declension

1. Tigris (river)

Inflection

nominative	Tigris
genitive	Tigridis
dative	Tigridī
accusative	Tigridem
ablative	Tigride
vocative	Tigris
locative	Tigride

See also

• tīgris

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Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Tigris m (Cyrillic spelling Тигрис)

1. Tigris

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Slovak

Proper noun

Tigris m, declension pattern dub

1. the river Tigris