باریک

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See also: تازیک and تاریک

Persian

Alternative forms

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

Readings
Classical reading? bārīk
Dari reading? bārīk
Iranian reading? bârik
Tajik reading? borik

Adjective

Dari بارِیک
Iranian Persian باریک
Tajik борик

باریک (bârik) (comparative باریک‌تَر (bârik-tar), superlative باریک‌تَرین (bârik-tarin))

  1. narrow
  2. thin
  3. delicate

Derived terms

Descendants

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

Borrowed from Classical Persian باریک (bārīk).

Pronunciation

Adjective

باریک (bārīk) (Hindi spelling बारीक)

  1. narrow
  2. thin
  3. delicate

Synonyms

Related terms

Ushojo

Adjective

باریک (bārīk)

  1. fragile