Tigre
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Alternative forms
- Təgre, Tigrē, Tegrē
Etymology
From Tigre ትግሬ (təgre).
Proper noun
Tigre
Translations
Noun
Tigre pl (plural only)
- A group of agricultural Tigrinya-speaking people in northern Ethiopia.
- A group of nomadic Tigre-speaking people in northern Eritrea.
Translations
group, Tigrinya-speaking people
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Anagrams
Etymology
From Tigre ትግሬ (təgre).
Pronunciation
Noun
Tigré f (singulative Tigréyta m or Tigreytá f)
- (collective) Tigre people
Declension
References
Etymology
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”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Tigre m
- Tigris (river)
Alternative forms
Etymology
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”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Tigre m
- Tigris (a river in the Middle East)
See also
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