Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Armenian տաճիկ (tačik), from Old Armenian տաճիկ (tačik). Doublet of տաջիկ (taǰik).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

տաճիկ (tačik)

  1. Turk, especially of the Ottoman period
    Synonym: թուրք (tʻurkʻ)
  2. (dialectal, Maragheh) Persian
    Synonym: պարսիկ (parsik)

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Descendants edit

  • Turkish: dacik

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “տաճիկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 366

Old Armenian edit

Etymology 1 edit

An Iranian borrowing. See Middle Persian tʾcyk' (/⁠tāzīg⁠/, Arab) for more.

Noun edit

տաճիկ (tačik)

  1. Arab
    Synonyms: արաբացի (arabacʻi), հագարացի (hagaracʻi)
  2. (post-Classical) Turk
    Synonym: թուրք (tʻurkʻ)
  3. (post-Classical) Muslim
    Synonym: մահմետական (mahmetakan)
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Adjective edit

տաճիկ (tačik)

  1. (post-Classical, figuratively) tormenting, harassing (because of the barbarity of Turks)

Etymology 2 edit

An Iranian borrowing. See Middle Persian tʾcyk' (/⁠tāzīg⁠/, swift, fast) for more.

Adjective edit

տաճիկ (tačik)

  1. (of horses and camels) swift
    Synonyms: երագագնաց (eragagnacʻ), արագընթաց (aragəntʻacʻ)
    տաճիկ ձիtačik jiswift horse
    տաճիկ ուղտtačik ułtswift camel
Derived terms edit
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Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “տաճիկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “տաճիկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 86
  • Ġazarean, Ṙ. S. (2006) “տաճիկ”, in Grabari homanišneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian Synonyms], Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “տաճիկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy