վագր

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian վագր (vagr)

Pronunciation

Noun

վագր (vagr)

  1. tiger

Declension

Synonyms


Old Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Iranian *vagr. Compare Persian ببر (babr), Sanskrit व्याघ्र (vyāghra).

Noun

վագր (vagr)

  1. tiger
    մատակ վագրmatak vagrtigress
    կորիւն վագերkoriwn vagertiger cub

Declension

Derived terms

  • վագերաձի (vageraji)
  • վագրակերպեան (vagrakerpean)

Descendants

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), վագր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), վագր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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