تیز

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Persian تیز.

Adjective

تیز (tiz)

  1. sharp, impetuous, sour
    Synonym: كسكین (keskin)
    تیز میزاجtiz mizaçwrath, hot-tempered
    تیز سسtiz seshigh-pitched voice
    تیز آبtizab, kezzapacid

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *teŕ- (to run away; swift), with semantic contamination of the Persian borrowing تیز (tiz).

Adjective

تیز (tez)

  1. quick

Derived terms

  • تیز اولمق (tez olmak)
  • تیزلك (tezlik)
  • تیزلنمك (tezlenmek)

References

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [script needed] (tyc /tēz/, sharp), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg-. Cognate with Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫎𐫏𐫋 (tēǰ, sharp), Northern Kurdish tîj, tûj (sharp; hot, spicy), Central Kurdish تیژ (tîj), تێژ (têj, sharp, hot (peppery)). Note Armenian թեժ (tʿež), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

Adjective

Dari تیز
Iranian Persian
Tajik тез (tez)

تیز (tiz) (comparative تیزتَر (tiz-tar), superlative تیزتَرین (tiz-tarin))

  1. sharp
  2. pungent
  3. shrill
  4. piercing
  5. penetrating
  6. swift, nimble
  7. smart, nimble, quick to learn
Derived terms
  • تیزی (tizi)
Descendants
  • Hindi: तेज़ (tez)
  • Turkish: tiz

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian [script needed] (tyc /tēz/, quick), perhaps via Proto-Turkic *teŕ-.

Adverb

تیز (tiz)

  1. swiftly
  2. quickly
Descendants
  • Kazakh: тез (tez)
  • Old Anatolian Turkish: [script needed] (tez)
    • Azerbaijani: tez
    • Ottoman Turkish: تیز (tez)
      • Turkish: tez
      • Middle Armenian: թէզ (tʿēz)
  • Turkmen: tīz
  • Uyghur: تېز (tëz)
  • Punjabi: ਤੇਜ਼ (tez) / تیز (tez)
  • Sindhi: تیزُ (tezu)
  • Urdu: تیز (tez)

References

Punjabi

Etymology

From Persian تیز (tez).

Adjective

تیز (tez) (Gurmukhi spelling ਤੇਜ਼)

  1. sharp
  2. (depending on context) fast, rapid, clever, hot, fiery

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تیز (tēz).

Pronunciation

Adjective

تیز (tez) (Hindi spelling तेज़)

  1. (chiefly) fast, quick
    یہ قطار تیز ہے۔ye qitār tez hai.This queue is fast.
    Synonyms: جلد (jald), سریع (sarī)
  2. sharp
    تیز چھریtez churīsharp knife
  3. cunning, smart, clever
    یہ لڑکی بہت تیز ہے۔ye laṛkī bohat tez haiThis girl is too clever
    Synonym: ہوشیار (hośiyār), Synonym: زرنگ (zarang)
  4. strong (effectively)
  5. spicy, hot
  6. intense
    تیز ہواtez hawāintense wind

References

  • تیز”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • تیز”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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