پیک

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See also: بیگ

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian (pdk' /⁠payg⁠/, “foot-soldier, courier”), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *pā́dah (“foot”). Cognate with Sanskrit पदिक (padika, “going on foot, pedestrian”). Compare the Iranian borrowings: Old Armenian պայիկ (payik), Georgian პაიკი (ṗaiḳi), Classical Syriac ܦܱܝܓܳܐ (faygā), Arabic فَيْج (fayj), فَوْج (fawj). Doublet of (fowj).

Alternative forms

پیگ (peyg)

Noun

پیک • (peyk) (plural پیک‌ها, or پیکان)

messenger, courier

Related terms

پیاده (piyâde)

Descendants

→ Georgian: ფაიკი (paiḳi)
→ Middle Armenian: փայիգ (pʻayig)

Further reading

Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, § 359, page 80
Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 220
MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 67
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “پیگ”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 269
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “پیك”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 268

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English peg.

Noun

پیک • (peyk, pek) (plural پیک‌ها)

shot (measure of alcohol)

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