تیغ

See also: بيع, ب ي ع, تبع, and تبغ

Central Kurdish

Alternative forms

تیخ (tîx)

Etymology

Compare Persian (tiġ), Parthian [script needed] (tyg /⁠tēγ⁠/), Middle Persian [script needed] (tyh /⁠tēx⁠/).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tiːɣ/

Noun

تیغ (tîẍ)

blade

Derived terms

تیغە (tîẍe)

Khalaj

Noun

تیغ (tîğ) (definite accusative تیغی, plural تیغلَر)

Arabic spelling of tîğ (“sword”)

Declension

Declension of
	singular	plural
nominative	تیغ	تیغلَر
genitive	تیغۆݧ	تیغلَریݧ
dative	تیغکه	تیغلَرکه
definite accusative	تیغۆ	تیغلَری
locative	تیغچه	تیغلَرچه
ablative	تیغده	تیغلَرده
instrumental	تیغله	تیغلَرله
equative	تیغوارا	تیغلَروارا

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian (tiġ).

Noun

تیغ • (tiğ)

sword, dagger, bodkin
sunbeam
Synonyms: طنب (tunb, tunüb), پرتو (pertev), شعاع (şua)
a pointed summit
the long prow of a caique

Descendants

Turkish: tığ

References

Redhouse, J. W., Wells, Charles (1880) Redhouse's Turkish Dictionary, in Two Parts, English and Turkish, and Turkish and English, 2nd edition, London: Bernard Quartch, 15 Piccadilly, page 511a

Persian

Alternative forms

تیخ (tix) (dialectal, Alamarvdasht)

Etymology

Possibly from Parthian tēγ (tyg), 'blade'='sword' or 'lance'.

Or Middle Persian tēx (tyh), 'sharp edge, ridge; ray'.

Akin to Old Armenian տէգ (tēg), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈteːɣ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰeːɣ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰeːɣ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰeːɣ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰiːɢ̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰeʁ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	tēġ
Dari reading^?	tēġ
Iranian reading^?	tiġ
Tajik reading^?	teġ

Noun


Iranian Persian	تیغ
Dari	تیغ
Tajik	теғ

تیغ • (tiġ)

blade, razor
sword, scimitar, knife

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: tiğ
→ Bengali: তেগ (teg)
→ Ottoman Turkish: تیغ (tiğ)
- Turkish: tığ
→ Khalaj: tîğ
→ Punjabi: ਤੇਗ਼ (teġ) / تیغ (teġ)

References

MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “tēx”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 83
"tēγ", in Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum, page 332

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (têġ).

Pronunciation

(Majhi) IPA^(key): /t̪eːɣᵊ/, /t̪eːɡᵊ/

Noun

تیغ • (teġ) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਤੇਗ਼)

blade, razor
sword, scimitar, knife

Declension

Declension of **تیغ**
	singular	plural
direct	تیغ (teġ)	تیغاں (teġāṉ)
oblique	تیغ (teġ)	تیغاں (teġāṉ)
vocative	تیغے (teġe)	تیغو (teġo)
ablative	تیغوں (teġoṉ)	[Term?]
locative	تیغے (teġe)	تیغِیں (teġīṉ)
instrumental	تیغے (teġe)	تیغِیں (teġīṉ)

References

“تیغ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025