бабр

Russian

Бабр на старом гербе Иркутской губернии

Alternative forms

• бабръ (babr) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بَبْر (babr). The chimaera was created as result of confusion in describing of a coat of arms, originally having a tiger, which was popular symbol of many East Siberian cities, while the Russian name of beaver is бобр (bobr).

Noun

бабр • (babr) m anim (genitive ба́бра, nominative plural ба́бры, genitive plural ба́бров)

1. (archaic) tiger
2. a chimaera between a tiger and a beaver, used as symbol of Irkutsk, often depicted with a sable in his mouth

Declension

Declension of бабр (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ба́бр bábr	ба́бры bábry
genitive	ба́бра bábra	ба́бров bábrov
dative	ба́бру bábru	ба́брам bábram
accusative	ба́бра bábra	ба́бров bábrov
instrumental	ба́бром bábrom	ба́брами bábrami
prepositional	ба́бре bábre	ба́брах bábrax

Descendants

• → Yakut: баабыр (baabır)

Tajik

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Persian بَبْر (babr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /babr/, [bäbɾ]

Noun

бабр • (babr) (Persian spelling ببر)

1. tiger