Where does “ببر” come from?

ببر (Arabic) comes from Middle Persian bpl, from Proto-Indo-Iranian wy(H)āgʰrás — tiger.

ببر (Arabic): tiger

Definitions

  1. tiger

Ancestry of “ببر”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Persianbpltiger
2Proto-Indo-Iranianwy(H)āgʰrástiger
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian wy(H)āgʰrás →Every word from Middle Persian bpl →