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/ˈtaɪɡrɪs/
(TIY-GRIS)
(as in ‘tiger’)
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sumerian: 𒁇𒄘𒃼 idignaor idigina;.
akkadian: 𒁇𒄘𒃼 Idiqlat;.
arabic: دجلة dijlah [didʒlah];
syriac: ܕܹܩܠܵܬ deqlaṯ;
armenian: sիգրիս .tigris; Դգլաթ dglatʿ;
hebrew: חידקל hîddeqel, biblicalhiddekel;
turkish: dicle;
kurdish: dîcle, dîjla دیجلە)
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[the tigris is the eastern member of the 2 great rivers that define ‘mesopotamia’ (the other being the ‘euphrates’)]
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(the ‘river’ flows south from the mountains of ‘southeastern turkey’ through ‘iraq’ and empties itself into the ‘persian gulf’)
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