Wiktionary

Tigre

See also: tigre, tigré, and Tigré

English

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Etymology

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From Tigre ትግሬ (təgre).

Proper noun

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Tigre

  1. A Semitic language of northern Eritrea, closely related to Tigrinya.

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Noun

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Tigre pl (plural only)

  1. A group of agricultural Tigrinya-speaking people in northern Ethiopia.
  2. A group of nomadic Tigre-speaking people in northern Eritrea.

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Afar

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Etymology

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From Tigre ትግሬ (təgre).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tiɡˈre/ [tɪɡˈɾɛ]
  • Hyphenation: Tig‧re

Noun

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Tigré f (singulative Tigréyta m or Tigreytá f)

  1. (collective) Tigre people

Declension

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Declension of Tigré
absolutive Tigré
predicative Tigré
subjective Tigré
genitive Tigré
Postpositioned forms
l-case Tigrél
k-case Tigrék
t-case Tigrét
h-case Tigréh

References

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  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

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Etymology

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From Latin Tigris, from Ancient Greek Τίγρις (Tígris), from Old Persian 𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎠 (Tigrā), from Akkadian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (Idiglat), from Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (Idigna, literally “fast as an arrow”).

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Proper noun

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Tigre m

  1. Tigris (river)

Old Galician-Portuguese

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Etymology

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    Learned borrowing from Latin Tigris. First attested in 1300.

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    Tigre m

    1. Tigris (a river in Asia)
      • 1300, Alfonso X of Castile, [Xeral Historia] [General Story], translation of General Estoria (in Old Spanish); republished as Ramón Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, 1963, page 5:
        O terçeyro rrio he Tigre, et vay contra os de Asiria.
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      • 1373 January 20, Fernán Martís, “Dos xij rrios Principaes que ſom em tr̃ra de Aſya” (chapter 367), in Cronica Troiana [Trojan Chronicle], translation of Roman de Troie by Benoît de Sainte-Maure, pages 145r–145v:
        Outroſi en aq̃la mẽeſma partida doriente. ſon vĩjnt ⁊ dous Rios prinçipaeſ. Et disẽll̃s aſi Cangus. Sogonto. Tiriantreſ. Eys. Camete. et eſte he onoueno. Et a eſte rrio vẽem tãtas marauillas q̃ntas nõ uẽem a / outro Rrio q̃ en eſte mũdo ſeia. Suſa. Cardaça. yrapes. Eriſoris. diapagias. Paccalus. Alibocra, Ariscus, Eleuſer. Auſonis. Tigris. Eriſus. Jordam.
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    • Galician: Tigris
    • Portuguese: Tigre, Tígris

    References

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    • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Tigr”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG

    Portuguese

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    Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia pt

    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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      Etymology tree
      Sumerian 𒀀𒇉?
      Sumerian 𒉌?
      Sumerian 𒁺?
      Sumerian 𒀀?
      Akkadian Idiglatbor.
      Old Persian 𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎠 (t-i-g-r-a)bor.
      Ancient Greek Τίγρης (Tígrēs)bor.
      Old Galician-Portuguese Tigre
      Portuguese Tigre

      Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Tigre, from Latin Tigris, from Ancient Greek Τίγρις (Tígris), from Old Persian 𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎠 (Tigrā), from Akkadian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (ÍDIdiqlat), from Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (ÍDIdigna, ÍDIdigina, literally “fast as an arrow”).

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      Proper noun

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      Tigre m

      1. Tigris (a river in the Middle East)

      See also

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