तारीख़

See also: तारीख, तारीख़ें, and तारीख़ों

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تَارِیخ (tārīx), from Arabic تَارِيخ (tārīḵ). Compare Assamese তাৰিখ (tarikh), Bengali তারিখ (tarikh), Gujarati તારીખ (tārīkh), Marathi तारीख (tārīkh).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t̪ɑː.ɾiːx/, [t̪äː.ɾiːx], /t̪ɑː.ɾiːkʰ/, [t̪äː.ɾiːkʰ]
• Hyphenation: ता‧रीख़
• Rhymes: -iːx

Noun

तारीख़ • (tārīx) f (Urdu spelling تارِیخ)

1. date (in relation to time)

   Synonyms: तिथि (tithi), दिनांक (dināṅk)

   1. (law) date of a court appearance

      तारीख़ पे तारीख़, तारीख़ पे तारीख़, तारीख़ पे तारीख़, तारीख़ पे तारीख़ मिलती रही है जज साहब लेकिन इंसाफ़ नहीं मिला […]

      tārīx pe tārīx, tārīx pe tārīx, tārīx pe tārīx, tārīx pe tārīx miltī rahī hai jaj sāhab lekin insāf nahī̃ milā […]

      I have kept getting date after date, date after date, date after date, date after date but I haven't got justice, judge sir.

2. (rare) history

   तारीख़-ए-हिन्द ― tārīx-e-hind ― History of India (name of a medieval composition)

   तारीख़ के पन्नों में ― tārīx ke pannõ mẽ ― in the pages of history

   Synonym: इतिहास (itihās)

Declension

Declension of तारीख़ (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	तारीख़ tārīx	तारीख़ें, तवारीख़ tārīxẽ, tavārīx
oblique	तारीख़ tārīx	तारीख़ों, तवारीख़ों tārīxõ, tavārīxõ
vocative	तारीख़ tārīx	तारीख़ो, तवारीख़ो tārīxo, tavārīxo

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “तारीख़”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 450
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “तारीख”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 2068