तवारीख़

See also: तवारीख़ें and तवारीख़ों

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تَوَارِیخ (tawārīx), from Arabic تَوَارِيخ (tawārīḵ). First attested in c. 1780 as Middle Hindi تواریخ (tvaryx /⁠tavārīx⁠/).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t̪ə.ʋɑː.ɾiːx/, [t̪ɐ.ʋäː.ɾiːx], /t̪ə.ʋɑː.ɾiːkʰ/, [t̪ɐ.ʋäː.ɾiːkʰ]
• Hyphenation: त‧वा‧री‧ख़
• Rhymes: -iːx

Noun

तवारीख़ • (tavārīx) f pl (Urdu spelling تَوارِیخ)

1. irregular direct plural of तारीख़ (tārīx): dates (in relation to time)

Declension

Declension of तारीख़ (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	तारीख़ tārīx	तारीख़ें, तवारीख़ tārīxẽ, tavārīx
oblique	तारीख़ tārīx	तारीख़ों, तवारीख़ों tārīxõ, tavārīxõ
vocative	तारीख़ tārīx	तारीख़ो, तवारीख़ो tārīxo, tavārīxo

Noun

तवारीख़ • (tavārīx) f (Urdu spelling تَوارِیخ)

1. (chiefly historical) annals, chronicles, history

   फ़ारसी तवारीख़ें ― fārsī tavārīxẽ ― Persian chronicles

   • 1999, Gaurīśaṅkara Hīrācanda Ojhā, Rājapūtāne kā itihāsa: Bīkānera Rājya kā itihāsa:

     लक्ष्मीचंद लिखित तवारीख़ जैसलमेर में बीकानेर से दस हज़ार सेना जैसलमेर पर जाना लिखा है...

     lakṣmīcand likhit tavārīx jaisalmer mẽ bīkāner se das hazār senā jaisalmer par jānā likhā hai...

     In Laxmichand's Chronicles of Jaislamer, it is written of ten thousand soldier coming to Jaisalmer from Bikaner...

Declension

Declension of तवारीख़ (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	तवारीख़ tavārīx	तवारीख़ें tavārīxẽ
oblique	तवारीख़ tavārīx	तवारीख़ों tavārīxõ
vocative	तवारीख़ tavārīx	तवारीख़ो tavārīxo

Derived terms

• तवारीख़ी (tavārīxī)

Further reading

More information

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “तवारीख”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 2039
• “तवारीख़”, in Hindwi Dictionary [including the languages of Hindi region] (in Hindi), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “तवारीख़”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 444
• “तवारीख़”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.