Meanings
proper nounthe Tigris
- A river in West 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.
Origin
- Sumerian𒀀𒇉 (id₂ /id/)
- Sumerian𒉌 (i₃ /i/)
- Sumerian𒁺 (g̃en)
- Sumerian𒀀 (a /'a/)
- Sumerian𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (^(id₂)idigna /Idigna/)
- Akkadian𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼
- Old Persian𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎠 (t-i-g-r-a /Tigrā/)
- Ancient GreekΤίγρης (Tígrēs)
- LatinTigris
- EnglishTigris
Borrowed from Latin Tigris, borrowed from Ancient Greek Τίγρης (Tígrēs), borrowed from Old Persian 𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎠 (t-i-g-r-a /Tigrā/), borrowed from Akkadian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼, borrowed from Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (^(id₂)idigna /Idigna/), possibly from 𒀀𒇉 (id₂ /id/, “river”) + 𒉌 (i₃ /i/, finite prefix) + 𒁺 (g̃en, “went”) + 𒀀 (a /'a/, nominalising suffix).
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek Τίγρης
- Τίγρης (Tígrēs)river in West Asia
Arabic دِجْلَة
- دِجْلَة (dijla)river in West Asia
Bengali দজলা
- দজলা (dojla)river in West Asia
Bulgarian Ти́гър
- Ти́гър (Tígăr)river in West Asia
Catalan Tigris
- Tigrisriver in West Asia
Chinese Mandarin 底格里斯河
- 底格里斯河 (Dǐgélǐsī Hé)river in West Asia
Czech Tigris
- Tigrisriver in West Asia
Danish Tigris
- Tigrisriver in West Asia
Esperanto Tigriso
- Tigrisoriver in West Asia
Finnish Tigris
- Tigrisriver in West Asia
French Tigre
- Tigreriver in West Asia
German Tigris
- Tigrisriver in West Asia
Greek Τίγρις
- Τίγρις (Tígris)river in West Asia
Hebrew חידקל \ חִדֶּקֶל
- חידקל \ חִדֶּקֶל (khidékel)river in West Asia
Hindi दजला
- दजला (dajlā)river in West Asia
Hungarian Tigris
- Tigrisriver in West Asia
Indonesian Tigris
- Tigrisriver in West Asia
Italian Tigri
- Tigririver in West Asia
Japanese チグリス川
- チグリス川 (Chigurisu-gawa)river in West Asia
Korean 티그리스 강
- 티그리스 강river in West Asia
Latin Tigris, Diglitus
- Tigrisriver in West Asia
- Diglitusriver in West Asia
Persian دجله
- دجله (dejle)river in West Asia
Polish Tygrys
- Tygrysriver in West Asia
Portuguese Tigre
- Tigreriver in West Asia
Punjabi ਦਜਲਾ
- ਦਜਲਾ (dajlā)river in West Asia
Romanian Tigru
- Tigruriver in West Asia
Russian Тигр
- Тигр (Tigr)river in West Asia
Slovak Tigris
- Tigrisriver in West Asia
Spanish Tigris
- Tigrisriver in West Asia
Swahili Hidekeli, Tigri
- Hidekeliriver in West Asia
- Tigririver in West Asia
Swedish Tigris
- Tigrisriver in West Asia
Tamil டைகிரிசு
- டைகிரிசு (ṭaikiricu)river in West Asia
Turkish Dicle
- Dicleriver in West Asia
Cite this entry
APA
Tigris. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tigris
MLA
“Tigris.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tigris. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tigris,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tigris.
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