Tigren.adj.
/tɪˈɡreɪ/ A. n.
A Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia and adjoining parts of Sudan (distinguished from Tigrinya n., spoken in Tigre itself).
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Tigraya1860
Tigre1878
Tigrinya1878
1878 Encycl. Brit. VIII. 612/2 There are at least two modern languages which have sprung from the ancient Geez, distinguished in modern philology by the conventional names of Tigriña and Tigré.
1908 T. G. Tucker Introd. Nat. Hist. Lang. 172 Along with Amharic (of South-West Abyssinia) go the contaminated dialects Tigre (of the north), Tigrine (of the centre), and Harari (of Harai, east of Gallaland).
1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. iv. 66 Ethiopian... The present-day languages of this group are Tigre, Tigriña, and Amharic.
1972 Bk. Thousand Tongues (rev. ed.) 429/1 Tigré is spoken by about 175,000 Muslims living in northern Eritrea and spreading into Sudan.
B. adj.
Of or pertaining to the province of Tigre in northern Ethiopia. Cf. Tigrean n. (and adj.)
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Algerian1560
Massylian1607
Morocco1607
Moroccana1684
Tripolitan1783
Somali1809
Tunisian1843
Somalian1884
Tripolitanian1943
Tigre1978
1978 Observer 29 Jan. 10/7 Tigre nationalism: The Tigre people, who inhabit Northern Ethiopia want to redress the balance of power lost with the defeat of the ancient kingdom of Gondar towards the end of the last century.
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