دجلة

العربية

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دجلة

/did͡ʒ.la/

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Aramaic דיגלת (diḡlāṯ), borrowed from Akkadian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (Idiglat), borrowed from Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (^(id₂)idigna /⁠Idigna⁠/), possibly from 𒀀𒇉 (id₂ /⁠id⁠/, “river”) + 𒉌 (i₃ /⁠i⁠/, finite prefix) + 𒁺 (g̃en, “went”) + 𒀀 (a /⁠'a⁠/, nominalising suffix).

proper noun دِجْلَة · dijla · -

Tigris (a river in West Asia flowing 1,150 miles east-southeast from the Armenian Highland in Turkey through Iraq)

In English

Tigris river in West Asia

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"دجلة." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AF%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%A9. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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دجلة. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AF%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%A9

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"دجلة." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AF%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%A9.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {دجلة},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AF%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%A9},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}