باریک

See also: تازیک‎ and تاریک‎

Persian

Alternative forms
  • بارک‎ (bârek)

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
  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /bɔɾik/

  • IPA(key): /bɒːɾiːk/

Adjective

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

  1. narrow
  2. thin
  3. delicate

Derived terms
  • کمرباریک‎ (kamar-bârik)
  • باریک‌بین‎ (bârik-bin)
  • باریکه‎ (bârike)
  • از مو باریک‌تر‎ (az mu bârik-tar)
  • باریکی‎ (bâriki)

Descendants
  • → Gujarati: બારીક (bārīk)
  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi: बारीक (bārīk)
    Urdu: بارِیک‎
  • → Marathi: बारीक (bārīk)
  • → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਬਰੀਕ (barīk)
    Shahmukhi script: بَرِیک‎ (barīk)
  • → Sylheti: ꠛꠣꠞꠤꠇ (barik)

References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “باریك”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “բարակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 418a
  • Palatecʿi, Gēorg Dpir (1829), “պարիյք”, in Baṙaran Parskerēn əst kargi haykakan aybubenicʿ [Persian Dictionary in the Order of the Armenian Alphabet] (in Armenian), Constantinople: Boghos Arabian Press, page 414b
  • Palatecʿi, Gēorg Dpir (1829), “պարիք”, in Baṙaran Parskerēn əst kargi haykakan aybubenicʿ [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

From Persian باریک‎.

Pronunciation

Adjective

باریک • (bārīk) (Hindi spelling बारीक)

  1. narrow
  2. thin
  3. delicate

Synonyms

Ushojo

Adjective

باریک (bārīk)

  1. fragile
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