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From Middle Persianbʾlyk(bārīg/k, “thin, fine subtle”). Akin to Old Armenianբարակ(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”). Composed of Middle Persianbʾl(bār, “bank, river / lake bank”) + Middle Persianyk(īg, “suffix forming adjectives of relation, etc.”). For proposed etymology of Middle Persianbʾl(bār, “bank, river / lake bank”), refer to Persian بار(bār, “bank, river / lake bank, shore”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Morphologically feasible - but the semantics need explaining, as well as sources (inline references) to back up. Is it "thin like a river bank"? Seems possible but rather strange.”
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