تازیک

See also: باریک and تاریک

Persian

FWOTD – 16 March 2013

Dari	تازیک
Iranian Persian
Tajik	тозик

Alternative forms

• تازک (tâzek)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [tɑː.ˈziːk]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɑː.zíːk]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɑː.zíːk]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɑː.zíːk]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɔː.zík]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɒː.zíːkʲ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɔ.zík]

Readings
Classical reading?	tāzīk
Dari reading?	tāzīk
Iranian reading?	tâzik
Tajik reading?	tozik

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian tʾcyk' (Tāčīk, Tāzīg, “Arab”), from Arabic طَيِّء (ṭayyiʔ, “name of an Arab clan”). Compare Classical Syriac ܛܝܝܐ (Ṭayyāyāʾ, “Arab”).

Noun

تازیک • (tâzik) (plural تازیکان (tâzikân))

1. (obsolete) Arab; Arabic

Related terms

• تازی (tâzi)
• تاژیک (tâžik), تاژک (tâžek)

Etymology 2

Possibly re-borrowed from Old Turkic [script needed] (Täzik, “non-Turk/Iranian of Central Asia”) after the Mongol Invasion (Orkhon inscription), from Middle Persian tʾcyk' (Tāčīk, Tāzīg, “Arab”).

Noun

تازیک • (tâzik) (plural تازیکان (tâzikân))

1. (archaic) Persian (as opposed to Turk)
   • Abolfazl Beyhaqi, Târix-e Beyhaqi, edited by Ali-Akbar Fayyâz, page 47:

     و حاجب بزرگ علی بازگشت و همه بزرگان سپاه را از تازیک و ترک با خویشتن برد ...

     va hâjeb bozorg ali bâzgašt o hame-ye bozorgân-e sepâh râ az tâzik o tork bâ xištan bord ...

     and Hâjeb Bozorg Ali returned and brought all commanders of the army—both Persian and Turk—with himself ...

Related terms

• تاژیک (tâžik), تاژک (tâžek)
• تاجیک (tâjik)
• تات (tât)

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “تازیک”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• B.G. Franger (2000) “Tādjīk”, in Encyclopaedia of Islam. Second Edition, volume 10, Leiden: Brill, pages 62–64
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “²Tāzīg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press