ببر

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بَبْرٌ

Etymology[edit]

Cognate to Classical Syriac ܒܒܪܐ (bbrʾ) and cognate to Akkadian 𒌨𒁇𒊏 (barbarum, wolf), likely an early Semitic loan from Sumerian 𒌨𒁇𒊏 (urbarak, literally outsider dog).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

بَبْر (babrm (plural بُبُور (bubūr))

  1. tiger
    • a. 869 C.E., Al-Jāḥiẓ, edited by Ḥasan Ḥusnī ʕAbd Al-Wahhāb At-Tūnisiyy, كتاب التبصر بالتجارة, ‎3rd edition, Cairo, Egypt: ‎مكتبة الخانجي, published 1994, →OCLC, pages 25–26:
      يُجْلَبُ مِنَ ٱلهِنْدِ ٱلبُبُورُ، وَٱلنُّمُورُ، وَٱلفِيَلَةُ، وَجُلُودُ ٱلنُّمُورِ، وَٱليَاقُوتُ ٱلأَحْمَرُ، وَٱلصَّنْدَلُ ٱلأَبْيَضُ، وَٱلآبَنُوسُ، وَجَوْزُ ٱلهِنْدِ.
      yujlabu mina l-hindi l-bubūru, wa-n-numūru, wa-l-fiyalatu, wa-julūdu n-numūri, wa-l-yāqūtu l-ʔaḥmaru, wa-ṣ-ṣandalu l-ʔabyaḍu, wa-l-ʔābanūsu, wa-jawzu l-hindi.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension[edit]

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Khalaj[edit]

Noun[edit]

بَبر (bəbr) (definite accusative بَبری, plural بَبرلَر)

  1. Arabic spelling of bəbr (tiger)

Declension[edit]

Ottoman Turkish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Greek πιπέρι, πιπεριά (pipéri, piperiá).

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

ببر (biber)

  1. pepper (vegetable, plant, and spice)
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Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • Kélékian, Diran (1911), “ببر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 251
  • Meyer, Gustav (1893), “Türkische Studien. I. Die griechischen und romanischen Bestandtheile im Wortschatze des Osmanisch-Türkischen”, in Sitzungsberichte der philosophisch-historischen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften (in German), volume 128, Wien: In Commission bei F. Tempsky, page 28
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890), “ببر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 338

Etymology 2[edit]

From Persian ببر (babr).

Noun[edit]

ببر (bebr)

  1. tiger

Persian[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

ببر

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Readings
Classical reading? baḇr
Dari reading? babr
Iranian reading? babr
Tajik reading? babr

Noun[edit]

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

Dari ببر
Iranian Persian
Tajik бабр
  1. tiger
  2. (South Asia) lion
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle Persian bplk' (babrag).

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Readings
Classical reading? baḇar
Dari reading? babar
Iranian reading? babar
Tajik reading? babar

Noun[edit]

ببر (babar) (plural ببرها (babar-hâ))

  1. (archaic) beaver

References[edit]

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “babr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
  • Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 42