बारीक

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian باریک (bārīk), from Middle Persian [script needed] (bʾlyk /⁠bārīk/, /bārīg⁠/). Compare Punjabi ਬਰੀਕ (barīk) / بَرِیک (barīk), Gujarati બારીક (bārīk), Marathi बारीक (bārīk), Sylheti ꠛꠣꠞꠤꠇ (barik).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /bɑː.ɾiːk/, [bäː.ɾiːk]

Adjective

बारीक • (bārīk) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling بَارِیک)

1. fine, soft, delicate

   Synonym: महीन (mahīn)

   • 2018 March 8, “डिनर में बनाएं मेथी पालक पनीर की सब्जी [ḍinar mẽ banāẽ methī pālak panīr kī sabjī]”, in Patrika:

     जीरा भूनने पर इसमें हींग, बारीक कटी हुई हरी मिर्च, हल्दी पाउडर, धनिया पाउडर, बारीक कटे हुए टमाटर डाल कर, मसाले को थोड़ा सा भून लीजिए।

     jīrā bhūnne par ismẽ hīṅg, bārīk kaṭī huī harī mirc, haldī pāuḍar, dhaniyā pāuḍar, bārīk kaṭe hue ṭamāṭar ḍāl kar, masāle ko thoṛā sā bhūn lījie.

     After roasting the cumin, add asafoetida, finely cut green peppers, tumeric powder, coriander powder, and finely cut tomatoes, and roast the spices for a bit.

2. thin

   Synonym: पतला (patlā)

3. small

   Synonym: छोटा (choṭā)

4. subtle, obscured, abstruse

   Synonym: गूढ़ (gūṛh)

Derived terms

• बारीकी (bārīkī)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बारीक”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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Konkani

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian باریک (bārīk). Cognate to Hindi बारीक (bārīk) and Marathi बारीक (bārīk).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɑːɾiːk]

Adjective

बारीक • (bārīk) (Latin script barik, Kannada script ಬಾರೀಕ್)

1. thin

References

• Pushpak Bhattacharyya (2017) IndoWordNet‎^[1]

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Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian باریک (bārīk), from Middle Persian [script needed] (bʾlyk /⁠bārīk/, /bārīg⁠/). Compare Gujarati બારીક (bārīk), Hindustani بَارِیک (bārīk) / बारीक (bārīk), Punjabi ਬਰੀਕ (barīk) / بَرِیک (barīk).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ɾik/, [ba.ɾiːk]

Adjective

बारीक • (bārīk)

1. fine
2. small
3. slender, thin

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “बारीक”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “बारीक”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “बारीक”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).