ببر

See also: تثر, بتر, پتر, ثبر, تتر, تبر, بثر, and بئر

Arabic

ببر

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *barbar- (“wolf; jackal”). Cognate to Akkadian 𒌨𒁇𒊏 (barbaru, “wolf”).

Noun

بَبْر • (babr) m (plural بُبُور‏ (bubūr))

1. tiger

Declension

Declension of noun بَبْر (babr)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَبْر babr	الْبَبْر‏ al-babr	بَبْر babr
Nominative	بَبْرٌ babrun	الْبَبْرُ‏ al-babru	بَبْرُ babru
Accusative	بَبْرًا‏ babran	الْبَبْرَ‏ al-babra	بَبْرَ babra
Genitive	بَبْرٍ babrin	الْبَبْرِ‏ al-babri	بَبْرِ babri
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَبْرَيْن‏ babrayn	الْبَبْرَيْن‏ al-babrayn	بَبْرَيْ‏ babray
Nominative	بَبْرَانِ‏ babrāni	الْبَبْرَانِ‏ al-babrāni	بَبْرَا‏ babrā
Accusative	بَبْرَيْنِ‏ babrayni	الْبَبْرَيْنِ‏ al-babrayni	بَبْرَيْ‏ babray
Genitive	بَبْرَيْنِ‏ babrayni	الْبَبْرَيْنِ‏ al-babrayni	بَبْرَيْ‏ babray
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بُبُور‏ bubūr	الْبُبُور‏ al-bubūr	بُبُور‏ bubūr
Nominative	بُبُورٌ‏ bubūrun	الْبُبُورُ‏ al-bubūru	بُبُورُ‏ bubūru
Accusative	بُبُورًا‏ bubūran	الْبُبُورَ‏ al-bubūra	بُبُورَ‏ bubūra
Genitive	بُبُورٍ‏ bubūrin	الْبُبُورِ‏ al-bubūri	بُبُورِ‏ bubūri

Synonyms

• نِمْر‏ (nimr)

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Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian bplk' (babrag).

Noun

ببر • (babar) (plural ببرها‏ (babar-hâ))

1. beaver

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian bpl (babr, “tiger”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wy(H)āgʰras. Cognate with Sanskrit व्याघ्र (vyāghrá) and related to Old Armenian վագր (vagr) and Old Georgian ვიგრი (vigri) (both loanwords from Iranian).

Noun

ببر • (babr) (plural ببرها‏ (babr-hâ) or ببران‏ (babrân))

Dari	ببر‏
Iranian Persian	ببر‏
Tajik	бабр (babr)

1. tiger

Derived terms

• ببر سیبری‏ (babr-e sibri)
• ببر مازندران‏ (babr-e mâzandarân)
• ببر بنگال‏ (babr-e bengâl)
• ببر چینی‏ (babr-e čini)
• ببر سوماترایی‏ (babr-e sumâtrâyi)
• ببر بالی‏ (babr-e bâli)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “babr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press