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”). Composed of Middle Persian bʾl (bār, “bank, river / lake bank”) + Middle Persian yk (īg, “suffix forming adjectives of relation, etc.”). For proposed etymology of Middle Persian bʾl (bār, “bank, river / lake bank”), refer to Persian (bār, “bank, river / lake bank, shore”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [bɑː.ɾiːk]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɑː.ɾiːk]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bɑː.ɾiːk]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bɔː.ɾik]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bɒː.ɹiːkʲ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bɔ.ɾik]

Readings
Classical reading^?	bārīk
Dari reading^?	bārīk
Iranian reading^?	bârik
Tajik reading^?	borik

Adjective


Dari	بارِیک
Iranian Persian	باریک
Tajik	борик

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

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 (bārīk)
→ 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, Hračʻeay (1971) “բարակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 418a
Palatecʻi, Gēorg Dpir (1829) “պարիյք”, in Baṙaran Parskerēn əst kargi haykakan aybubenicʻ [Persian Dictionary in the Order of the Armenian Alphabet] (in Armenian), Constantinople: Boghos Arabian Press, page 414b
Palatecʻi, Gēorg Dpir (1829) “պարիք”, in Baṙaran Parskerēn əst kargi haykakan aybubenicʻ [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

Borrowed from Classical Persian (bārīk).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bɑː.ɾiːk/

Adjective

باریک • (bārīk) (Hindi spelling बारीक)

Synonyms

نازک (nāzuk, “delicate”)

Related terms

باریکی (bārīkī, “thinness”)
باریک بین (bârīk-bīn, “meticulous”)
باریک بینی (bârīk-bīnī, “meticulousness”)

Ushojo

Adjective

باریک (bārīk)

fragile