تاریخ

See also: تاريخ, تأريخ, and تارىخ

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic تَارِيخ (tārīḵ).

Noun

تاریخ • (tarih) (definite accusative تاریخی (tarihi), plural تواریخ (tevarih))

date
history

Descendants

Turkish: tarih
→ Albanian: tarih

References

Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tarih”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Persian

Alternative forms

تأریخ (ta'rix) (archaic or Tajik)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَارِيخ (tārīḵ).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /taː.ˈɾiːx/, /taʔ.ˈɾiːx/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɑː.ɾíːx]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɑː.ɾíːx]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɔː.ɾíx]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɒː.ɹíːx]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäʔ.ɾíχ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	tārīx, ta'rīx
Dari reading^?	tārīx
Iranian reading^?	târix
Tajik reading^?	ta'rix

Audio (Iran): (file)

Noun


Iranian Persian	تاریخ
Dari	تاریخ
Tajik	таърих

تاریخ • (târix)

Derived terms

تاریخی (târixi)
تاریخچه (târixče)

Descendants

→ Assamese: তাৰিখ (tarikh)
→ Bengali: তারিখ (tarikh)
→ Gujarati: તારીખ (tārīkh)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: तारीख़ (tārīx)
Urdu: تارِیخ (tārīx)
- → Phalura: taaríx
→ Kyrgyz: тарых (tarıh)
→ Marathi: तारीख (tārīkh)
→ Nogai: тарых (tarıx)
→ Southern Altai: тарых (tarïh)
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਤਾਰੀਖ਼ (tārīx)

Shahmukhi script: تارِیخ (tārīx)
→ Telugu: తారీఖు (tārīkhu)

See also

مورخ (movarrex, “historian”)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (tārix), from Arabic تَارِيخ (tārīḵ).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ɑː.ɾiːx/
Audio (Pakistan): (file)
Rhymes: -iːx
Hyphenation: تا‧رِیخ

Noun

تارِیخ • (tārīx) f (Hindi spelling तारीख़)

date; appointment
date (in relation to time)
آج کْیا تارِیخ ہَے؟ ― āj kyā tārīx hai? ― What date is it today?
history; chronicle
Synonyms: اِتِہاس (itihās), ماضِی نامَہ (māzī nāma)
era, epoch
chronogram (inscription of letters)

Declension

Declension of **تاریخ**
	singular	plural
direct	تارِیخ (tārīx)	تارِیخیں (tārīxẽ)
oblique	تارِیخ (tārīx)	تارِیخوں (tārīxõ)
vocative	تارِیخ (tārīx)	تارِیخو (tārīxo)

Derived terms

تارِیخی (tārīxī)

Related terms

تارِیخچَہ (tārīxca)

Descendants

→ Phalura: taaríx

References

“تاریخ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“تاریخ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “تاريخ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.