Akkadian
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (id₂idigna /Idigna/, “Tigris”).
Logogram
𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 • (id₂IDIGNA)
- Sumerogram of Idiglat (“Tigris”)
Sumerian
Signs in this term
| 𒀀 |
𒇉 |
𒈦 |
𒄘 |
𒃼
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Alternative forms of
/Idigna/
|
| 𒀀𒇉𒄘𒃼 (id₂idigna)
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| 𒄘𒃼 (idigna)
|
Etymology
Possibly from 𒀀𒇉 (id₂ /id/, “river”) + 𒉌 (i₃ /i/, finite prefix) + 𒁺 (g̃en, “went”) + 𒀀 (a /'a/, nominalising suffix), related to the Tigris River's speed and roughness compared against the Euphrates.
Proper noun
𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 • (id₂idigna /Idigna/)
- Tigris
Descendants
- → Akkadian: 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (Idiglat)
- → Old Persian: 𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎠 (Tigrā)
- → Ancient Greek: Τίγρης (Tígrēs), Τῐ́γρῐς (Tĭ́grĭs)
- Greek: Τίγρης (Tígris), Τίγρητας (Tígritas)
- → Armenian: Տիգրիս (Tigris)
- → Latin: Tigris (see there for further descendants)
- → Elamite:
- Achaemenid Elamite: 𒋾𒅅𒊏 (ti-ik-ra /Tikra/)
- → Aramaic: דיגלת (diḡlāṯ)
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܕܩܠܬ
- Classical Syriac: ܕܩܠܬ (deqlāṯ)
- → Arabic: دِجْلَة (dijla)
- Kurdish:
- → Northern Kurdish: Dîjla, Dîcle
- → Persian: دجله (dejle)
- → Azerbaijani: Dəclə
- → Bengali: দজলা (dojola)
- → Hindi: दजला (dajlā)
- → Punjabi: ਦਜਲਾ (dajlā)
- → Tatar: Diclä
- → Ottoman Turkish: دجله (Dicle)
- → Uzbek: Dajla
- Old Armenian: Դգլաթ (Dglatʻ), Դգղաթ (Dgłatʻ)
- → Hebrew: חִדֶּקֶל (ḥiddéqel)
- → Latin: Diglitus
- → Middle Persian: 𐭣𐭢𐭫𐭲𐭩 (dglty)
References
Further reading
Tigris on Wikipedia.Wikipedia