tʾcyk'

Middle Persian

Etymology

From Arabic طَيِّء‎ (ṭayyiʔ, “name of an Arab clan”). Compare Classical Syriac ܛܝܝܐ‎ (Ṭayyāyāʾ, “Arab”). Compare the truncated Arabic form طَيّ‎ (ṭayy) with Persian ری‎ (ray, “Ray”) and رازی‎ (râzi, “a person from Ray”). More at Tajiks.

Akin to Sogdian 𐽂𐼰𐼵𐼷𐼸‎ (tʾzyk /⁠tāžīk⁠/, “Arab”), 𐽂𐼰𐼵𐼷𐼸𐼰𐼻𐼸‎ (tʾzykʾnk, “Arabic”), 𐫎𐫀𐫋𐫏𐫃𐫀𐫗𐫏𐫏‎ (ṯʾjygʾnyy), borrowed from Parthian [Term?] (/⁠*tāžīg⁠/, “Arab”).

For the sense "swift", compare Middle Persian [script needed] (tʾhtn' /⁠tāxtan⁠/), [script needed] (tʾc- /⁠tāz-⁠/, “cause to run, flow; chase; pour”).

Noun

tʾcyk'‎ • (Tāzīg)

1. Arab

Adjective

tʾcyk' • (Tāzīg)

1. Arab

Descendants

• Persian: تازی‎ (tâzi, “Arab, Arabic”), تازیک‎ (Tâzik)
• → Old Armenian: տաճիկ (tačik, “Arab”)
  • Armenian: տաճիկ (tačik, “Turk”)
• → Middle Chinese: 大食 (MC dajH zyik)
  • Mandarin: 大食 (Dàshí)
• → Old Turkic: [script needed] (Täzik, “non-Turk/Iranian of Central Asia”)
  • → Persian: تازیک‎ (tâzik), تاجیک‎ (Tâjik) (possibly)
    • → English: Tajik
• → Tibetan: སྟག་གཟིག (stag gzig), ཏ་ཟིག (ta zig)
• → Udi: тажикӏ (tažiḳ)

Adjective

tʾcyk' • (tāzīg)

1. swift, fast

Descendants

• → Old Armenian: տաճիկ (tačik, “swift”)
  • → Georgian: ტაჭიკი (ṭač̣iḳi, “swift horse”)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “tāxtan, tāz-, ¹tāzīg, ²Tāzīg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 83
• B.G. Franger (2000), "Tādjīk", Encyclopedia of Islam, vol. X, Leiden: E. J. Brill, →ISBN, pages 62–64
• Agnes Korn, "Parthian ž", page 17