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๐Žซ๐Žก๐Žฅ๐Žผ๐Ž 

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Old Persian

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Etymology

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    From Akkadian ๐’€€๐’‡‰๐’ˆฆ๐’„˜๐’ƒผ (รDIdiqlat) , from Sumerian ๐’€€๐’‡‰๐’ˆฆ๐’„˜๐’ƒผ (รDIdigna, รDIdigina, literally โ€œfast as an arrowโ€). Influenced by ๐ฌ™๐ฌŒ๐ฌ–๐ฌญ๐ฌŒ (tiฮณri, literally โ€œarrowโ€) through folk etymology.[1]

    Proper noun

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    ๐Žซ๐Žก๐Žฅ๐Žผ๐Ž  (t-i-g-r-a /Tigrฤ/) m

    1. Tigris

    Descendants

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    References

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    1. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550โ€“330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, โ†’ISBN, page 95
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