"Tigris" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈtaɪɡɹɪs/ Forms: the Tigris [canonical]
Etymology: From Latin Tigris, from Ancient Greek Τίγρις (Tígris), an alternative form of Τίγρης (Tígrēs), from Old Persian 𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎠 (Tigrā), from Akkadian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (^(ÍD)Idiqlat), from Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (^(ÍD)Idigna, ^(ÍD)Idigina, literally “fast as an arrow”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|Tigris}} Latin Tigris, {{uder|en|grc|Τίγρις}} Ancient Greek Τίγρις (Tígris), {{m|grc|Τίγρης}} Τίγρης (Tígrēs), {{uder|en|peo|𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎠|tr=Tigrā}} Old Persian 𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎠 (Tigrā), {{sup|ÍD}} ^(ÍD), {{uder|en|akk|𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼|tr=^(ÍD)Idiqlat}} Akkadian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (^(ÍD)Idiqlat), {{uder|en|sux|𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼|lit=fast as an arrow|tr=^(ÍD)Idigna, ^(ÍD)Idigina}} Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (^(ÍD)Idigna, ^(ÍD)Idigina, literally “fast as an arrow”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=the Tigris}} the Tigris
  1. A river in Southwest Asia flowing 1,150 miles east-southeast from the Armenian Highland in Turkey through Iraq. It forms the eastern edge of classical Mesopotamia. It unites with the Euphrates River to form the Shatt al-Arab before flowing into the Persian Gulf. Wikipedia link: Tigris Categories (place): Iraq, Rivers in Turkey Derived forms: Bocca Tigris Related terms: Mesopotamia, Euphrates Translations (river in Southwest Asia): 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (alt: ^(ÍD)Idiqlat) (Akkadian), ጤግሮስ (ṭegros) (Amharic), Τίγρης (Tígrēs) (Ancient Greek), دِجْلَة (dijla) [feminine] (Arabic), ܕܝܓܠܐܬ (diglath) (Aramaic), ܕܩܠܬ (deqlaṯ) [Classical-Syriac] (Aramaic), Տիգրիս (english: Tigris) (Armenian), ܕܩܠܬ (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic), Dəclə (Azerbaijani), দজলা (dojla) (Bengali), Ти́гър (Tígǎr) (Bulgarian), တိုင်းဂရစ်မြစ် (tuing:ga.racmrac) (Burmese), Тіґріс (english: Tigris) (Carpathian Rusyn), Tigris [masculine] (Catalan), 底格里斯河 (Dǐgélǐsī Hé) (Chinese Mandarin), Tigris [masculine] (Czech), Tigris (Danish), 𒋾𒅅𒊏 (tiigra) (Elamite), Tigriso (Esperanto), Tigris (Finnish), Tigre [masculine] (French), ტიგრი (ṭigri) (Georgian), ტიგროსი (ṭigrosi) (Georgian), Tigris [masculine] (German), Τίγρις (Tígris) (Greek), חידקל \ חִדֶּקֶל (khidékel) (Hebrew), दजला (dajlā) (Hindi), Tigris (Hungarian), Tigri [masculine] (Italian), チグリス川 (Chigurisu-gawa) (Japanese), 티그리스 강 (english: Tigeuriseu gang) (Korean), Tigris (Latin), Diglitus (Latin), Тигар (Tigar) (Macedonian), 𐭣𐭢𐭫𐭲𐭩 (dglty) (Middle Persian), ტიგრი (ṭigri) (Mingrelian), ტიგროსი (ṭigrosi) (Mingrelian), Тигр (Tigr) (Mongolian), Dîcle [masculine] (Northern Kurdish), Դգլաթ (Dglatʻ) (Old Armenian), 𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎠 (alt: t-i-g-r-a /⁠tigrā⁠/) (Old Persian), دجله (Dicle) (Ottoman Turkish), اروند (Ervend) (Ottoman Turkish), دجله (dejle) (Persian), Tygrys [masculine] (Polish), Tigre [masculine] (Portuguese), ਦਜਲਾ (dajlā) (Punjabi), Tigru [masculine] (Romanian), Тигр (Tigr) [masculine] (Russian), Тигрис [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Tigris [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Tigris [masculine] (Slovak), Tigris [masculine] (Spanish), 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (alt: ^(ÍD)Idigna, ^(ÍD)Idigina) (Sumerian), Hidekeli (Swahili), Tigri (Swahili), Tigris (Swedish), Тигрис (english: Tigris) (Tajik), டைகிரிசு (ṭaikiricu) (Tamil), Diclä (Tatar), Tigr (Tatar), Taigris (Tok Pisin), Dicle (Turkish), Dajla (Uzbek), Тигрис (english: Tigris) (Yakut)

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          "roman": "Dǐgélǐsī Hé",
          "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
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          "lang": "Elamite",
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          "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
          "word": "𒋾𒅅𒊏"
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          "lang": "Georgian",
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          "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
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          "roman": "dglty",
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          "word": "𐭣𐭢𐭫𐭲𐭩"
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          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "dajlā",
          "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
          "word": "ਦਜਲਾ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Tigru"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "Tigr",
          "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Тигр"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Тигрис"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Tigris"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Tigris"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Tigris"
        },
        {
          "alt": "^(ÍD)Idigna, ^(ÍD)Idigina",
          "code": "sux",
          "lang": "Sumerian",
          "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
          "word": "𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼"
        },
        {
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
          "word": "Hidekeli"
        },
        {
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
          "word": "Tigri"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
          "word": "Tigris"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "english": "Tigris",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
          "word": "Тигрис"
        },
        {
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "ṭaikiricu",
          "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
          "word": "டைகிரிசு"
        },
        {
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
          "word": "Diclä"
        },
        {
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
          "word": "Tigr"
        },
        {
          "code": "tpi",
          "lang": "Tok Pisin",
          "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
          "word": "Taigris"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
          "word": "Dicle"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
          "word": "Dajla"
        },
        {
          "code": "sah",
          "english": "Tigris",
          "lang": "Yakut",
          "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
          "word": "Тигрис"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Tigris"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtaɪɡɹɪs/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Tigris"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Bocca Tigris"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "Tigris"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin Tigris",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "Τίγρις"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek Τίγρις (Tígris)",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "Τίγρης"
      },
      "expansion": "Τίγρης (Tígrēs)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "peo",
        "3": "𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎠",
        "tr": "Tigrā"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Persian 𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎠 (Tigrā)",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ÍD"
      },
      "expansion": "^(ÍD)",
      "name": "sup"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "akk",
        "3": "𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼",
        "tr": "^(ÍD)Idiqlat"
      },
      "expansion": "Akkadian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (^(ÍD)Idiqlat)",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sux",
        "3": "𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼",
        "lit": "fast as an arrow",
        "tr": "^(ÍD)Idigna, ^(ÍD)Idigina"
      },
      "expansion": "Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (^(ÍD)Idigna, ^(ÍD)Idigina, literally “fast as an arrow”)",
      "name": "uder"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin Tigris, from Ancient Greek Τίγρις (Tígris), an alternative form of Τίγρης (Tígrēs), from Old Persian 𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎠 (Tigrā), from Akkadian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (^(ÍD)Idiqlat), from Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (^(ÍD)Idigna, ^(ÍD)Idigina, literally “fast as an arrow”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "the Tigris",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "the Tigris"
      },
      "expansion": "the Tigris",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Mesopotamia"
    },
    {
      "word": "Euphrates"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Akkadian terms with redundant script codes",
        "Amharic terms with redundant script codes",
        "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms with redundant script codes",
        "Bengali terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Carpathian Rusyn terms with redundant script codes",
        "Classical Syriac terms with redundant script codes",
        "English 2-syllable words",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "English exonyms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English proper nouns",
        "English terms derived from Akkadian",
        "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "English terms derived from Latin",
        "English terms derived from Old Persian",
        "English terms derived from Sumerian",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "English undefined derivations",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Macedonian terms with redundant script codes",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Middle Persian terms with redundant script codes",
        "Mongolian terms with redundant script codes",
        "Old Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Old Persian terms with redundant script codes",
        "Punjabi terms with redundant script codes",
        "Sumerian terms with redundant script codes",
        "Tamil terms with redundant script codes",
        "Yakut terms with redundant script codes",
        "en:Iraq",
        "en:Rivers in Turkey"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A river in Southwest Asia flowing 1,150 miles east-southeast from the Armenian Highland in Turkey through Iraq. It forms the eastern edge of classical Mesopotamia. It unites with the Euphrates River to form the Shatt al-Arab before flowing into the Persian Gulf."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Asia",
          "Asia"
        ],
        [
          "Armenian Highland",
          "Armenian Highland"
        ],
        [
          "Mesopotamia",
          "Mesopotamia"
        ],
        [
          "Euphrates",
          "Euphrates"
        ],
        [
          "Shatt al-Arab",
          "Shatt al-Arab"
        ],
        [
          "Persian Gulf",
          "Persian Gulf"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Tigris"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtaɪɡɹɪs/"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "alt": "^(ÍD)Idiqlat",
      "code": "akk",
      "lang": "Akkadian",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "word": "𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼"
    },
    {
      "code": "am",
      "lang": "Amharic",
      "roman": "ṭegros",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "word": "ጤግሮስ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "dijla",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "دِجْلَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "arc",
      "lang": "Aramaic",
      "roman": "diglath",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "word": "ܕܝܓܠܐܬ"
    },
    {
      "code": "aii",
      "lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "word": "ܕܩܠܬ"
    },
    {
      "code": "syc",
      "lang": "Aramaic",
      "roman": "deqlaṯ",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Syriac"
      ],
      "word": "ܕܩܠܬ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "english": "Tigris",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "word": "Տիգրիս"
    },
    {
      "code": "xcl",
      "lang": "Old Armenian",
      "roman": "Dglatʻ",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "word": "Դգլաթ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "word": "Dəclə"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "dojla",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "word": "দজলা"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "Tígǎr",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "word": "Ти́гър"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "tuing:ga.racmrac",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "word": "တိုင်းဂရစ်မြစ်"
    },
    {
      "code": "rue",
      "english": "Tigris",
      "lang": "Carpathian Rusyn",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "word": "Тіґріс"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Tigris"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Dǐgélǐsī Hé",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "word": "底格里斯河"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Tigris"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "word": "Tigris"
    },
    {
      "code": "elx",
      "lang": "Elamite",
      "roman": "tiigra",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "word": "𒋾𒅅𒊏"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "word": "Tigriso"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "word": "Tigris"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Tigre"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṭigri",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "word": "ტიგრი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṭigrosi",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "word": "ტიგროსი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Tigris"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Tígris",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "word": "Τίγρις"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "Tígrēs",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "word": "Τίγρης"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "khidékel",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "word": "חידקל \\ חִדֶּקֶל"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "dajlā",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "word": "दजला"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "word": "Tigris"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Tigri"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Chigurisu-gawa",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "word": "チグリス川"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "english": "Tigeuriseu gang",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "word": "티그리스 강"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Dîcle"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "word": "Tigris"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "word": "Diglitus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "Tigar",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "word": "Тигар"
    },
    {
      "code": "xmf",
      "lang": "Mingrelian",
      "roman": "ṭigri",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "word": "ტიგრი"
    },
    {
      "code": "xmf",
      "lang": "Mingrelian",
      "roman": "ṭigrosi",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "word": "ტიგროსი"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "Tigr",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "word": "Тигр"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "Dicle",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "word": "دجله"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "Ervend",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "word": "اروند"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "dejle",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "word": "دجله"
    },
    {
      "code": "pal",
      "lang": "Middle Persian",
      "roman": "dglty",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "word": "𐭣𐭢𐭫𐭲𐭩"
    },
    {
      "alt": "t-i-g-r-a /⁠tigrā⁠/",
      "code": "peo",
      "lang": "Old Persian",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "word": "𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎠"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Tygrys"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Tigre"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "dajlā",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "word": "ਦਜਲਾ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Tigru"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Tigr",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Тигр"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Тигрис"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Tigris"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Tigris"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Tigris"
    },
    {
      "alt": "^(ÍD)Idigna, ^(ÍD)Idigina",
      "code": "sux",
      "lang": "Sumerian",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "word": "𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "word": "Hidekeli"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "word": "Tigri"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "word": "Tigris"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "english": "Tigris",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "word": "Тигрис"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "ṭaikiricu",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "word": "டைகிரிசு"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "word": "Diclä"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "word": "Tigr"
    },
    {
      "code": "tpi",
      "lang": "Tok Pisin",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "word": "Taigris"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "word": "Dicle"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "word": "Dajla"
    },
    {
      "code": "sah",
      "english": "Tigris",
      "lang": "Yakut",
      "sense": "river in Southwest Asia",
      "word": "Тигрис"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Tigris"
}

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