Arabic

ببر

Noun

بَبْر • ‎(babr) m ‎(plural بُبُور ‎(bubūr))

1. tiger

Declension

Synonyms

• نِمْر ‎(nimr)

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian.

Noun

ببر • ‎(babar) ‎(plural ببرها ‎(babar-hâ))

1. beaver

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian bpl ‎(babr, “tiger”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wy(H)āgʰras. Cognate with Sanskrit व्याघ्र ‎(vyāghrá) and related to Old Armenian վագր ‎(vagr) and Old Georgian ვიგრი ‎(vigri) (both loanwords from Iranian). May be related to obsolete Persian بغرا ‎(bağrā, “boar”).

Noun

ببر • ‎(babr) ‎(plural ببرها ‎(babr-hâ) or ببران ‎(babrân))

1. tiger

Derived terms

• 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)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “babr”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press