Where does “վագր” come from?

վագր (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian վագր, from Sanskrit व्याघ्र, from Proto-Indo-Aryan wyāgʰrás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian wyāgʰrás.

վագր (Armenian): tiger

Definitions

  1. tiger

Ancestry of “վագր”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianվագրtiger
2Sanskritव्याघ्रa tiger; any pre-eminently strong or noble...
3Proto-Indo-Aryanwyāgʰrás—
4Proto-Indo-Iranianwyāgʰrás—

Words derived from “վագր”

Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian wyāgʰrás →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan wyāgʰrás →Every word from Sanskrit व्याघ्र →