𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼

Akkadian

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (id₂idigna /⁠Idigna⁠/, “Tigris”).

Logogram

𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 • (id₂IDIGNA)

  1. Sumerogram of Idiglat (“Tigris”)

Sumerian
Signs in this term
𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼
Alternative forms of
/Idigna/
𒀀𒇉𒄘𒃼 (id₂idigna)
𒄘𒃼 (idigna)

Etymology

Possibly from 𒀀𒇉 (id₂ /⁠id⁠/, “river”) +‎ 𒉌 (i₃ /⁠i⁠/, “it”, verbal prefix 3rd person non-animated) +‎ 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/)

  1. Tigris

Descendants
  • → Akkadian: 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (Idiglat)
    • → Old Persian: 𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎠 (Tigrā)
      • → Ancient Greek: Τίγρης (Tígrēs), Τῐ́γρῐς (Tígris)
        • Greek: Τίγρης (Tígris), Τίγρητας (Tígritas)
        • → Armenian: Տիգրիս (Tigris)
        • → Latin: Tigris
      • → 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

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