ببر
ArabicEdit
EtymologyEdit
Cognate to Classical Syriac ܒܒܪܐ (bbrʾ) and cognate to Akkadian 𒌨𒁇𒊏 (barbarum, “wolf”), likely an early Semitic loan from Sumerian 𒌨𒁇𒊏 (urbarak, literally “outsider dog”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
بَبْر • (babr) m (plural بُبُور (bubūr))
- tiger
- a. 869 CE, الجاحظ, كتاب التبصرة بالتجارة:
- يُجْلَبُ مِنَ ٱلهِنْدِ ٱلبُبُورُ، وَٱلنُّمُورُ، وَٱلفِيَلَةُ، وَجُلُودُ ٱلنُّمُورِ، وَٱليَاقُوتُ ٱلأَحْمَرُ، وَٱلصَّنْدَلُ ٱلأَبْيَضُ […]
- yujlabu mina l-hindi l-bubūru, wa-n-numūru, wa-l-fiyalatu, wa-julūdu n-numūri, wa-l-yāqūtu l-ʾaḥmaru, wa-ṣ-ṣandalu l-ʾabyaḍu […]
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- Synonym: نَمِر (namir)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of noun بَبْر (babr)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | بَبْر babr |
الْبَبْر al-babr |
بَبْر babr |
Nominative | بَبْرٌ babrun |
الْبَبْرُ al-babru |
بَبْرُ babru |
Accusative | بَبْرًا babran |
الْبَبْرَ al-babra |
بَبْرَ babra |
Genitive | بَبْرٍ babrin |
الْبَبْرِ al-babri |
بَبْرِ babri |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | بَبْرَيْن babrayn |
الْبَبْرَيْن al-babrayn |
بَبْرَيْ babray |
Nominative | بَبْرَانِ babrāni |
الْبَبْرَانِ al-babrāni |
بَبْرَا babrā |
Accusative | بَبْرَيْنِ babrayni |
الْبَبْرَيْنِ al-babrayni |
بَبْرَيْ babray |
Genitive | بَبْرَيْنِ babrayni |
الْبَبْرَيْنِ al-babrayni |
بَبْرَيْ babray |
Plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | بُبُور bubūr |
الْبُبُور al-bubūr |
بُبُور bubūr |
Nominative | بُبُورٌ bubūrun |
الْبُبُورُ al-bubūru |
بُبُورُ bubūru |
Accusative | بُبُورًا bubūran |
الْبُبُورَ al-bubūra |
بُبُورَ bubūra |
Genitive | بُبُورٍ bubūrin |
الْبُبُورِ al-bubūri |
بُبُورِ bubūri |
ReferencesEdit
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “ببر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 147
Ottoman TurkishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Greek πιπέρι, πιπεριά (pipéri, piperiá).
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
ببر • (biber)
- pepper (vegetable, plant, and spice)
Derived termsEdit
- صو ببری (su biberi, “water pepper”)
DescendantsEdit
- Turkish: biber
- → Armenian: բիբար (bibar), բիբառ (bibaṙ), բիբեր (biber), բիբեռ (bibeṙ)
- → Azerbaijani: bibər
- → Crimean Tatar: biber
- → Macedonian: бибер (biber)
- → Serbo-Croatian: бѝбер (biber)
ReferencesEdit
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “ببر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 251
- Meyer, Gustav (1892), “Türkische Studien. I. Die griechischen und romanischen Bestandtheile im Wortschatze des Osmanisch-Türkischen”, in Sitzungsberichte der philosophisch-historischen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften (in German), volume 128, Wien: In Commission bei F. Tempsky, page 28
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “ببر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 338
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
ببر • (bebr)
PersianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle Persian bplk' (babrag).
NounEdit
ببر • (babar) (plural ببرها (babar-hâ))
Etymology 2Edit
- From Middle Persian bpl (babr, “tiger, lion, panther”), ultimately derived from Sumerian 𒌨𒁇𒊏 (urbarra, literally “outside dog, wild predator”) likely inherited from an Old Persian form, becoming semantically specified from the more general "wild predators".
- From Middle Persian bpl (babr, “tiger”), dubiously connected to Proto-Indo-Iranian *wy(H)āgʰrás. Cognate with Sanskrit व्याघ्र (vyāghrá) and related to Old Armenian վագր (vagr) and Old Georgian ვიგრი (vigri) (both loanwords from Iranian).
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical Persian): IPA(key): /babɾ/
NounEdit
ببر • (babr) (plural ببرها (babr-hâ) or ببران (babrân))
Dari | ببر |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | бабр (babr) |
Derived termsEdit
- ببر بَیان (babr-e bayân)
- ببر سیبری (babr-e sibri)
- ببر مازندران (babr-e mâzandarân)
- ببر بنگال (babr-e bengâl)
- ببر چینی (babr-e čini)
- ببر سوماترایی (babr-e sumâtrâyi)
- ببر بالی (babr-e bâli)
ReferencesEdit
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “babr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
- Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 42