טיגער
Yiddish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German *tiger (attested in the compound tigertier (literally “tiger-animal”), from Old High German tigirtior), from Latin tigris, from Ancient Greek τίγρις (tígris), from Indo-Iranian (compare Avestan 𐬙𐬌𐬔𐬭𐬌 (tigri, “arrow”), 𐬙𐬌𐬖𐬭𐬀 (tiγra, “pointed”)).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]טיגער • (tiger) m, plural טיגערס (tigers)
- tiger (the mammal Panthera tigris)
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- Yiddish terms inherited from Middle High German
- Yiddish terms derived from Middle High German
- Yiddish terms derived from Old High German
- Yiddish terms derived from Latin
- Yiddish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Yiddish terms derived from Indo-Iranian languages
- Yiddish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Yiddish lemmas
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