ببر

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”).

• IPA^(key): /babr/

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

1. 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-ʔaḥmaru, wa-ṣ-ṣandalu l-ʔabyaḍu […]

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   Synonym: نَمِر‎ (namir)

• Lane, Edward William (1863), “ببر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 147

بَبر (bəbr) (definite accusative بَبری‎, plural بَبرلَر‎)

1. Arabic spelling of bəbr (“tiger”)

From Greek πιπέρι, πιπεριά (pipéri, piperiá).

• بوبر‎ (büber), بابری‎ (beberi)

ببر • (biber)

1. pepper (vegetable, plant, and spice)

• صو ببری‎ (su biberi, “water pepper”)

• Turkish: biber
• → Armenian: բիբար (bibar), բիբառ (bibaṙ), բիբեր (biber), բիբեռ (bibeṙ)
• → Azerbaijani: bibər
• → Crimean Tatar: biber
• → Macedonian: бибер (biber)
• → Serbo-Croatian: бѝбер (biber)

• 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

From Persian ببر‎ (babr).

ببر • (bebr)

1. tiger

From Middle Persian bplk' (babrag).

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

1. (archaic) beaver

ببر

• 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).

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /babɾ/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /babɾ/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /bæbɾ/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /babɾ/

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

1. tiger
2. (South Asia) lion

• 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)

• → Khalaj: bəbr

• 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