باریک
Persian
Alternative forms
- بارک (bârik)
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
Adjective
باریک • (bârik) (comparative باریکتَر (bârik-tar), superlative باریکتَرین (bârik-tarin))
Derived terms
- کمرباریک (kamar-bârik)
- باریکبین (bârik-bin)
- باریکه (bârike)
- از مو باریکتر (az mu bârik-tar)
- باریکی (bâriki)
Descendants
- → Gujarati: બારીક (bārīk)
- → Hindustani:
- → Marathi: बारीक (bārīk)
- → Punjabi:
- → Sylheti: ꠛꠣꠞꠤꠇ (barik)
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “باریك”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բարակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 418a
- Palatecʻi, Gēorg Dpir (1829) “պարիյք”, in Baṙaran Parskerēn əst kargi haykakan aybubenicʻ [Persian Dictionary in the Order of the Armenian Alphabet] (in Armenian), Constantinople: Boghos Arabian Press, page 414b
- Palatecʻi, Gēorg Dpir (1829) “պարիք”, in Baṙaran Parskerēn əst kargi haykakan aybubenicʻ [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
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /bɑː.ɾiːk/
Adjective
باریک • (bārīk)
Synonyms
- نازک (nāzuk, “delicate”)
Related terms
- باریکی (bārīkī, “thinness”)
- باریک بین (bârīk-bīn, “meticulous”)
- باریک بینی (bârīk-bīnī, “meticulousness”)