تازی

See also: باری‎, بازی‎, بارى‎, and باري‎

Persian

Dari تازی
Iranian Persian
Tajik тозӣ (tozī)

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian tʾcyk' (Tāzīg, “Arab”), from Arabic طَيِّء‎ (ṭayyiʔ, “name of an Arab clan”). Compare Classical Syriac ܛܝܝܐ‎ (Ṭayyāyāʾ, “Arab”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t̪ʰɒːˈziː]

Noun

تازی • (tâzi) (plural تازیان‎ (tâziân) or تازی‌ها‎ (tâzi-hâ))

  1. (derogatory, ethnic slur) Arab
  2. (archaic) Arabian horse

Adjective

تازی • (tâzi)

  1. Arab
    • 1957, Zarrinkub, Do Qarn Sokut. p. 125.
      نهضت خون‌آلود و گرم و سوزان او که بیش از هفتاد روز طول نکشید برای کسانیکه پس از او برضد ستمکاران تازی قیام کردند سرمشق زنده‌یی بود.‎
      Nahzat-e xun-âlud o garm o suzân-e u ke biš az haftâd ruz tul nakešid barâye kasânike pas az u bar-zedde setamkârân-e Tâzi qiyâm kardand sar-e-mašq-e zene-yi bud.
      His [Sinbad the Magus] bloody, heart-rending movement, which didn't last more than seventy days, was a good role model for those who rose up against the Arab oppressors after him.
  2. Arabic
Usage notes

The term may be offensive to Arabs.

Synonyms
Derived terms
  • تازیکاندن‎ (tâzikândan)
  • اسب تازی‎ (asb-e tâzi)

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian tʾcyk' (tāzīg, “swift, fast”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t̪ʰɒːˈziː]

Noun

تازی • (tâzi) (plural تازیان‎ (tâziân) or تازی‌ها‎ (tâzi-hâ))

  1. a dog breed
Descendants
  • → Middle Armenian: թազի (tʿazi)

Etymology 3

تاز‎ (tâz) +‎ ـی‎ (i)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t̪ʰɒːˈziː]

Noun

تازی • (tâzi) (plural تازیان‎ (tâziân) or تازی‌ها‎ (tâzi-hâ))

  1. invader

References

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