تازیک

See also: باریک and تاریک

Persian

FWOTD – 16 March 2013

Dari	تازیک
Iranian Persian
Tajik	тозик

Alternative forms

• تازک (Tâzek)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɒːˈziːkʲ]

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 (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Turkic non-Turk/Iranian of Central Asia (Täzik) (Orkhon inscription), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “²Tāzīg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
• B.G. Franger (2000), "Tādjīk", Encyclopedia of Islam, vol. X, Leiden: E. J. Brill, →ISBN, pages 62–64