باریک

See also: تازیک‎ and تاریک‎

Persian

Alternative forms

• بارک‎ (bârek)

Etymology

From Middle Persian bʾlyk (bārīg/k, “thin, fine subtle”). Akin to Old Armenian բարակ (barak), an Iranian borrowing. One of a few adjectives that has preserved the final -g/k phoneme and did not undergo the regular sound change from Middle Persian to Modern Persian. Others include تاریک‎ (târik, “dark”) and نزدیک‎ (nazdik, “near”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [bɑː.ɾiːk]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɑː.ɾiːk]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɑː.ɾiːk]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bɑː.ɾiːk]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bɔː.ɾiːk]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bɒː.ɹiːkʲ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bɔ.ɾik]

Readings
Classical reading?	bārīk
Dari reading?	bārīk
Iranian reading?	bârik
Tajik reading?	borik

Adjective

Dari	بارِیک
Iranian Persian	باریک
Tajik	борик

باریک • (bârik) (comparative باریک‌تَر‎ (bârik-tar), superlative باریک‌تَرین‎ (bârik-tarin))

1. narrow
2. thin
3. delicate

Derived terms

• کمرباریک‎ (kamar-bârik)
• باریک‌بین‎ (bârik-bin)
• باریکه‎ (bârike)
• از مو باریک‌تر‎ (az mu bârik-tar)
• باریکی‎ (bâriki)

Descendants

• → Gujarati: બારીક (bārīk)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: बारीक (bārīk)

  Urdu: بارِیک‎ (bārīk)

• → Marathi: बारीक (bārīk)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਬਰੀਕ (barīk)

  Shahmukhi script: بَرِیک‎ (barīk)

• → Sylheti: ꠛꠣꠞꠤꠇ (barik)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “باریك”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “բարակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 418a
• Palatecʿi, Gēorg Dpir (1829), “պարիյք”, in Baṙaran Parskerēn əst kargi haykakan aybubenicʿ [Persian Dictionary in the Order of the Armenian Alphabet] (in Armenian), Constantinople: Boghos Arabian Press, page 414b
• Palatecʿi, Gēorg Dpir (1829), “պարիք”, in Baṙaran Parskerēn əst kargi haykakan aybubenicʿ [Persian Dictionary in the Order of the Armenian Alphabet] (in Armenian), Constantinople: Boghos Arabian Press, page 414b
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “bārīg/k”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 17

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian باریک‎ (bārīk).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bɑː.ɾiːk/

Adjective

باریک • (bārīk) (Hindi spelling बारीक)

1. narrow
2. thin
3. delicate

Synonyms

• نازک‎ (nāzuk, “delicate”)

Related terms

• باریکی‎ (bārīkī, “thinness”)
• باریک بین‎ (bârīk-bīn, “meticulous”)
• باریک بینی‎ (bârīk-bīnī, “meticulousness”)

Ushojo

Adjective

باریک (bārīk)

1. fragile