Idiglat

Akkadian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /iˈdiɡ.lat/

Proper noun

Idiglat ?

1. Tigris

Alternative forms

• Idigina, Idiqlat, Diglat

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (id₂MAŠ.GU₂.GAR₃, id₂IDIGNA) 𒀀𒇉𒄘𒃼 (id₂GU₂.GAR₃, id₂IDIGNA) 𒀀𒇉𒄬𒄬 (id₂ḪAL.ḪAL)	𒄿𒁲𒅅𒆷𒀜 (i-di-ig-la-at) 𒄿𒁲𒅅𒆳 (i-di-ig-lat) 𒉌𒉌𒆳 (i₃-dig-lat)

Descendants

• → 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

• Miller, Douglas B., Shipp, R. Mark (2014) An Akkadian Handbook, 2nd edition, Eisenbrauns