Tigris

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaɪɡɹɪs/

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the Tigris

2. A river in Southwest 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.

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”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈti.ɣɾis]

Tigris m

1. Tigris (a river in the Middle East)

• Eufrates

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɪɡrɪs]
• Hyphenation: Ti‧g‧ris

Tigris m inan

1. Tigris

From Latin Tigris, from Ancient Greek Τίγρις (Tígris).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiɡris/, [ˈt̪iɡris̠]
• Rhymes: -iɡris
• Syllabification^(key): Tig‧ris
• Hyphenation^(key): Tig‧ris

Tigris

1. Tigris

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Tigris m (proper noun, strong, genitive Tigris)

1. Tigris (a major river in Turkey and Iraq in Mesopotamia)

• IPA^(key): [ˈtiɡriʃ]
• Hyphenation: Tig‧ris
• Rhymes: -iʃ

Tigris

1. Tigris

Learned borrowing 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”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtiɡris/ [ˈt̪ik̚.rɪs]
• Rhymes: -iɡris
• Syllabification: Tig‧ris

Tigris

2. Tigris

• “Tigris” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τίγρις (Tígris).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtɪ.ɡrɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt̪iː.ɡris]

Tigris m sg (genitive Tigridis); third declension

1. Tigris (a river in Asia)

Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im or -in, ablative singular in -e or -ī), singular only.

All borrowings:

• English: Tigris
• Italian: Tigri
• Old Galician-Portuguese: Tigre, Tigres, Tigris
  • Galician: Tigris
  • Portuguese: Tigre, Tígris

• tigris

• “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.

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”).

Tigris f

1. Tigris (a river in the Middle East)
   • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

     Þonne west frām Tigris þǣre ēa oþ Eufrate þā ēa, þonne betweox þǣm ēan syndan þās land Babylonia, and Caldea, and Mesopotamia.

     Then west from the River Tigris to the River Euphrates, then between the rivers are the lands of Babylon, Chaldea, and Mesopotamia

Tigris m animacy unspecified (Cyrillic spelling Тигрис)

1. Tigris

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiɡris/

Tigris m inan (genitive singular Tigrisu, declension pattern of dub)

1. the river Tigris

• tigriský

• “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, 2003–2025

Tigris m

1. the river Tigris