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Persian
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تازیک
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| Iranian Persian
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| Tajik
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тозик
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Pronunciation
| Readings
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| Classical reading?
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tāzīk
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| Dari reading?
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tāzīk
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| Iranian reading?
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tâzik
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| Tajik reading?
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tozik
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Etymology 1
From Middle Persian tʾcyk' (Tāčīk, Tāzīg, “Arab”), from Arabic طَيِّء (ṭayyiʔ, “name of an Arab clan”). Compare Classical Syriac ܛܝܝܐ (Ṭayyāyāʾ, “Arab”).
Noun
تازیک • (tâzik) (plural تازیکان (tâzikân))
- (obsolete) Arab; Arabic
Etymology 2
Possibly re-borrowed from Old Turkic (Täzik, “non-Turk/Iranian of Central Asia”) after the Mongol Invasion (Orkhon inscription), from Middle Persian tʾcyk' (Tāčīk, Tāzīg, “Arab”).
Noun
تازیک • (tâzik) (plural تازیکان (tâzikân))
- (archaic) Persian (as opposed to Turk)
- Abolfazl Beyhaqi, Târix-e Beyhaqi, edited by Ali-Akbar Fayyâz, page 47:
و حاجب بزرگ علی بازگشت و همه بزرگان سپاه را از تازیک و ترک با خویشتن برد ...- va hâjeb bozorg ali bâzgašt o hame-ye bozorgân-e sepâh râ az tâzik o tork bâ xištan bord ...
- and Hâjeb Bozorg Ali returned and brought all commanders of the army—both Persian and Turk—with himself ...
References
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “تازیک”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- B.G. Franger (2000) “Tādjīk”, in Encyclopaedia of Islam. Second Edition, volume 10, Leiden: Brill, pages 62–64
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “²Tāzīg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press