tigris
/ˈtaɪɡɹɪs/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.77 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
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.
Etymology
Etymology tree Sumerian 𒀀𒇉 (id₂ /id/) Sumerian 𒉌 (i₃ /i/) Sumerian 𒁺 (g̃en) Sumerian 𒀀 (a /'a/) ? Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (^(id₂)idigna /Idigna/)bor. Akkadian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼bor. Old Persian 𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎠 (t-i-g-r-a /Tigrā/)bor. Ancient Greek Τίγρης (Tígrēs)bor. Latin Tigrisbor. English Tigris 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).
Inflected Forms
the Tigris (canonical)