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Old English · proper noun

Tigris

Part of speech
proper noun, feminine
Modern English
tigris

Meaning

  1. Tigris (a river in West Asia)

    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

    late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

Etymology

From Latin Tigris, from Ancient Greek Τίγρις (Tígris), an alternative form of Τίγρης (Tígrēs), from Old Persian (Tigrā), from Akkadian (^(ÍD)Idiqlat), from Sumerian (^(ÍD)Idigna, ^(ÍD)Idigina, literally “fast as an arrow”).

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