History books write that after the Mongol invasion of Baghdad, many books were thrown into the Tigris River and therefore the colour of the river turned blue with the ink of books.
Source: tatoeba (1457839)
Tigris
//ˈtaɪɡɹɪs//
Synonyms for "tigris" (1 found)
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67 translations across 58 languages.
Akkadian
1 entries- 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 name (river in West Asia)
Amharic
1 entries- ጤግሮስ name (river in West Asia)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- Τίγρης name (river in West Asia)
Arabic
1 entries- دِجْلَة name (river in West Asia)
Aramaic
2 entries- דִּגלָת name (river in West Asia)
- ܕܩܠܬ name (river in West Asia)
Armenian
1 entries- Տիգրիս name (river in West Asia)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
1 entries- ܕܸܩܠܲܬ݂ name (river in West Asia)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- Dəclə name (river in West Asia)
Bengali
1 entries- দজলা name (river in West Asia)
Bulgarian
1 entries- Ти́гър name (river in West Asia)
Burmese
1 entries- တိုင်းဂရစ်မြစ် name (river in West Asia)
Carpathian Rusyn
1 entries- Тіґріс name (river in West Asia)
Catalan
1 entries- Tigris name (river in West Asia)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 底格里斯河 name (river in West Asia)
Czech
1 entries- Tigris name (river in West Asia)
Danish
1 entries- Tigris name (river in West Asia)
Elamite
1 entries- 𒋾𒅅𒊏 name (river in West Asia)
Esperanto
1 entries- Tigriso name (river in West Asia)
Finnish
1 entries- Tigris name (river in West Asia)
French
1 entries- Tigre name (river in West Asia)
Georgian
2 entries- ტიგრი name (river in West Asia)
- ტიგროსი name (river in West Asia)
German
1 entries- Tigris name (river in West Asia)
Greek
1 entries- Τίγρις name (river in West Asia)
Hebrew
1 entries- חידקל \ חִדֶּקֶל name (river in West Asia)
Hindi
1 entries- दजला name (river in West Asia)
Hungarian
1 entries- Tigris name (river in West Asia)
Indonesian
1 entries- Tigris name (river in West Asia)
Italian
1 entries- Tigri name (river in West Asia)
Japanese
1 entries- チグリス川 name (river in West Asia)
Korean
1 entries- 티그리스 강 name (river in West Asia)
Latin
2 entries- Diglitus name (river in West Asia)
- Tigris name (river in West Asia)
Macedonian
1 entries- Тигар name (river in West Asia)
Middle Persian
1 entries- 𐭣𐭢𐭫𐭲𐭩 name (river in West Asia)
Mingrelian
2 entries- ტიგრი name (river in West Asia)
- ტიგროსი name (river in West Asia)
Mongolian
1 entries- Тигр name (river in West Asia)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- Dîcle name (river in West Asia)
Old Armenian
1 entries- Դգլաթ name (river in West Asia)
Old Persian
1 entries- 𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎠 name (river in West Asia)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- اروند name (river in West Asia)
- دجله name (river in West Asia)
Persian
1 entries- دجله name (river in West Asia)
Polish
1 entries- Tygrys name (river in West Asia)
Portuguese
1 entries- Tigre name (river in West Asia)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਦਜਲਾ name (river in West Asia)
Romanian
1 entries- Tigru name (river in West Asia)
Russian
1 entries- Тигр name (river in West Asia)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- Tigris name (river in West Asia)
- Тигрис name (river in West Asia)
Slovak
1 entries- Tigris name (river in West Asia)
Spanish
1 entries- Tigris name (river in West Asia)
Sumerian
1 entries- 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 name (river in West Asia)
Swahili
2 entries- Hidekeli name (river in West Asia)
- Tigri name (river in West Asia)
Swedish
1 entries- Tigris name (river in West Asia)
Tajik
2 entries- Даҷла name (river in West Asia)
- Тигрис name (river in West Asia)
Tamil
1 entries- டைகிரிசு name (river in West Asia)
Tatar
2 entries- Diclä name (river in West Asia)
- Tigr name (river in West Asia)
Tok Pisin
1 entries- Taigris name (river in West Asia)
Turkish
1 entries- Dicle name (river in West Asia)
Uzbek
1 entries- Dajla name (river in West Asia)
Yakut
1 entries- Тигрис name (river in West Asia)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Two major rivers, the Tigris and Euphrates, run through Iraq.
Source: tatoeba (7011463)
The Tigris and Euphrates start in Turkey and flow through or by Syria and Iraq.
Source: tatoeba (7011464)
And the name of the third river is Tigris: the same passeth along by the Assyrians. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
Source: tatoeba (7932138)
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