تازی

See also: باری, بازی, بارى, باري, and تازى

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • طازی (tazı)

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian تازی (tâzi, “a dog breed”), itself from Middle Persian tʾcyk' (tāzīg, “swift, fast”).

Noun

تازی • (tazı) (definite accusative تازیی (tazıyı), plural تازیلر (tazılar))

  1. greyhound, a lean breed of dog which has been bred for coursing, racing and hunting

Derived terms

  • تازیلاتمق (tazılatmak, “to make or let become as thin as a greyhound”)
  • تازیلامق (tazılamak, “to become as thin as a greyhound”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: tazı

Further reading

Persian

Dari تازی
Iranian Persian
Tajik тозӣ

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? tāzī
Dari reading? tāzī
Iranian reading? tâzi
Tajik reading? tozi

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian tʾcyk' (Tāzīg, “Arab”), from Arabic طَيِّء (ṭayyiʔ, “name of an Arab clan”). Compare Classical Syriac ܛܝܝܐ (ṭayyāyā, “Arab”).

Noun

تازی • (tâzi) (plural تازیان (tâziân), or تازی‌ها (tâzi-hâ))

  1. (derogatory, ethnic slur) Arab
  2. (archaic) Arabian horse

Adjective

تازی • (tâzi)

  1. Arab
    Synonym: عرب (arab)
    • 1957, Zarrinkub, Do Qarn Sokut. p. 125.
      نهضت خون‌آلود و گرم و سوزان او که بیش از هفتاد روز طول نکشید برای کسانیکه پس از او برضد ستمکاران تازی قیام کردند سرمشق زنده‌یی بود.
      Nahzat-e xun-âlud o garm o suzân-e u ke biš az haftâd ruz tul nakešid barâye kasânike pas az u bar-zedde setamkârân-e Tâzi qiyâm kardand sar-e-mašq-e zene-yi bud.
      His [Sinbad the Magus] bloody, heart-rending movement, which didn't last more than seventy days, was a good role model for those who rose up against the Arab oppressors after him.
  2. Arabic
    Synonym: عربی (arabi)
Derived terms
  • اسب تازی (asb-e tâzi)
  • تازیکاندن (tâzikândan)

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian tʾcyk' (tāzīg, “swift, fast”). Cognate with Northern Kurdish tajî (“greyhound”).

Noun

تازی • (tâzi) (plural تازیان (tâziân), or تازی‌ها (tâzi-hâ))

  1. a dog breed
Descendants
  • → Middle Armenian: թազի (tʻazi)
    • Armenian: թազի (tʻazi), թա̈զի (tʻäzi), թա̈րզի (tʻärzi)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: تازی (tazı), طازی (tazı)

Etymology 3

From تاز (tâz) +‎ ـی (-i).

Noun

تازی • (tâzi) (plural تازیان (tâziân), or تازی‌ها (tâzi-hâ))

  1. invader

Further reading

References

Urdu

Pronunciation

Adjective

تَازی • (tāzī) (Hindi spelling ताज़ी)

  1. feminine of تَازہ (“fresh”)
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