تاریخ

See also: تاريخ and تأريخ

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic تَارِيخ (tārīḵ).

Noun

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

1. date
2. history

Descendants

• Turkish: tarih

References

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

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَارِيخ (tārīḵ).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading?	t
Dari reading?	t
Iranian reading?	t
Tajik reading?	t

Noun

تاریخ • (târix)

1. history
2. date

Derived terms

• تاریخی (târixi)
• تاریخچه (târixče)

Descendants

• Tajik: таърих (taʾrix)
• → Assamese: তাৰিখ (tarikh)
• → Gujarati: તારીખ (tārīkh)
• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: तारीख़ (tārīx)
  • Urdu: تاریخ (tārīx)
    • → Phalura: taaríx
• → Marathi: तारीख (tārīkh)

See also

• مورخ (movarrex, “historian”)

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Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

تارِیخ • (tārīx) f (Hindi spelling तारीख़)

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

Declension

Declension of تاریخ
	singular	plural
direct	تاریخ (tārīx)	تاریخیں (tārīxẽ)
oblique	تاریخ (tārīx)	تاریخوں (tārīxõ)
vocative	تاریخ (tārīx)	تاریخو (tārīxo)

Derived terms

• تاریخی (tārīxī)

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.