پیک

See also: بیگ

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (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).

Alternative forms

• پیگ (peyg)

Noun

پیک • (peyk) (plural پیک‌ها (peyk-hâ) or پیکان (peykân))

1. messenger, courier

Related terms

• پیاده (piyâde)

Descendants

• → Georgian: ფაიკი (paiḳi)
• → Middle Armenian: փայիգ (pʿayig)

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

From English peg.

Noun

پیک • (peyk, pek) (plural پیک‌ها (peyk, pek-hâ))

1. shot (measure of alcohol)