𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼

Akkadian

Etymology

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

Logogram

𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 • (^id₂IDIGNA)

1. Sumerogram of Idiglat (“Tigris”)

Sumerian

Signs in this term

𒀀

𒇉

𒈦

𒄘

𒃼

Alternative forms of /Idigna/
𒀀𒇉𒄘𒃼 (id₂idigna)
𒄘𒃼 (idigna)

Etymology

Possibly from 𒀀𒇉 (id₂ /⁠id⁠/, “river”) +‎ 𒉌 (i₃ /⁠i⁠/, finite prefix) +‎ 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 (see there for further descendants)
    • → 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)
          • Turkish: Dicle
        • → Uzbek: Dajla
    • Old Armenian: Դգլաթ (Dglatʻ), Դգղաթ (Dgłatʻ)
  • → Hebrew: חִדֶּקֶל (ḥiddéqel)
  • → Latin: Diglitus
  • → Middle Persian: 𐭣𐭢𐭫𐭲𐭩 (dglty)

References

• “𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (idigna)” in John A. Halloran, Sumerian Lexicon
• “𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (Idigna)” in ePSD2

Further reading

Tigris on Wikipedia.Wikipedia