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Old Persian
Etymology
From Akkadian πππ¦ππΌ (ΓDIdiqlat) , from Sumerian πππ¦ππΌ (ΓDIdigna, ΓDIdigina, literally βfast as an arrowβ). Influenced by π¬π¬π¬π¬π¬ (tiΞ³ri, literally βarrowβ) through folk etymology.[1]
Proper noun
π«π‘π₯πΌπ (t-i-g-r-a /TigrΔ/) m
- Tigris
Descendants
References
- ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550β330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, βISBN, page 95