बबर
Hindi
noun
Definitions
- (rare) lion
- (rare) tiger
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian ببر (tiger) derived from Middle Persian bpl (tiger, lion, panther).
Origin
Middle Persian
bpl
Gloss
tiger, lion, panther
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
虎
Emoji
🐅 🐯
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ببر Persian
- *wy(H)āgʰrás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- bpl Middle Persian
- bplk' Middle Persian