تاریخ

See also: تاريخ, تأريخ, and تارىخ

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic تَارِيخ (tārīḵ).

Noun

تاریخ • (tarih) (definite accusative تاریخی (tarihi), plural تواریخ (tevarih))

1. date
2. history

Descendants

• Turkish: tarih
• → Albanian: tarih

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tarih”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Persian

Alternative forms

• تأریخ (ta'rix) (archaic or Tajik)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَارِيخ (tārīḵ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [tɑː.ˈɾiːx], [taʔ.ˈɾiːx]

 

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

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

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

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäʔ.ɾíχ]

Readings
Classical reading?	tārīx, ta'rīx
Dari reading?	tārīx
Iranian reading?	târix
Tajik reading?	taʾrix

• Audio (Iran):

  (file)

Noun

Dari	تاریخ
Iranian Persian
Tajik	таърих

تاریخ • (târix)

1. history
2. date
3. era, epoch

Derived terms

• تاریخی (târixi)
• تاریخچه (târixče)

Descendants

• → Assamese: তাৰিখ (tarikh)
• → Bengali: তারিখ (tarikh)
• → Gujarati: તારીખ (tārīkh)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: तारीख़ (tārīx)

  Urdu: تارِیخ (tārīx)

  • → Phalura: taaríx

• → Kyrgyz: тарых (tarıh)
• → Marathi: तारीख (tārīkh)
• → Nogai: тарых (tarıx)
• → Southern Altai: тарых (tarïh)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਤਾਰੀਖ਼ (tārīx)

  Shahmukhi script: تارِیخ (tārīx)

• → Telugu: తారీఖు (tārīkhu)

See also

• مورخ (movarrex, “historian”)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تاریخ (tārix), from Arabic تَارِيخ (tārīḵ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ɑː.ɾiːx/

• Audio (Pakistan):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iːx
• Hyphenation: تا‧رِیخ

Noun

تارِیخ • (tārīx) f (Hindi spelling तारीख़)

1. date; appointment
2. date (in relation to time)

   آج کْیا تارِیخ ہَے؟ ― āj kyā tārīx hai? ― What date is it today?

3. history; chronicle

   Synonyms: اِتِہاس (itihās), ماضِی نامَہ (māzī nāma)

4. era, epoch
5. chronogram (inscription of letters)

Declension

Declension of تاریخ
	singular	plural
direct	تارِیخ (tārīx)	تارِیخیں (tārīxẽ)
oblique	تارِیخ (tārīx)	تارِیخوں (tārīxõ)
vocative	تارِیخ (tārīx)	تارِیخو (tārīxo)

Derived terms

• تارِیخی (tārīxī)

Related terms

• تارِیخچَہ (tārīxca)

Descendants

• → Phalura: taaríx

References

• “تاریخ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “تاریخ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “تاريخ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.