Persian

Alternative forms

• تازک ‎(Tâzek)

Noun

تازیک • ‎(Tâzik) ‎(plural تازیکان ‎(Tâzikân))

1. (obsolete) Arab; Arabic

Related terms

• تازی ‎(Tâzi)
• تاژیک ‎(Tâžik), تاژک ‎(Tâžek)

Etymology 2

Possibly re-borrowed from Old Turkic Täzik ‎(“non-Turk/Iranian of Central Asia”) (Orkhon inscription), from Middle Persian tʾcyk' ‎(Tāčīk, Tāzīg, “Arab”).

Noun

تازیک • ‎(Tâzik) ‎(plural تازیکان ‎(Tâzikân))

1. (archaic) Persian (as opposed to Turk)
   • Abolfazl Beyhaqi, Târix-e Beyhaqi, edited by Ali-Akbar Fayyâz, page 47:

     و حاجب بزرگ علی بازگشت و همه بزرگان سپاه را از تازیک و ترک با خویشتن برد ...‎

     va Hâjeb Bozorg Ali bâzgašt o hame-ye bozorgân-e sepâh râ az Tâzik o Tork bâ xištan bord ...

     and Hâjeb Bozorg Ali returned and brought all commanders of the army—both Persian and Turk—with himself ...

Related terms

• تاژیک ‎(Tâžik), تاژک ‎(Tâžek)
• تاجیک ‎(Tâjik)
• تات ‎(Tât)

References

• "تازیک" in Dehkhoda Dictionary.
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “²Tāzīg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
• B.G. Franger (2000), "Tādjīk", Encyclopedia of Islam, vol. X, Leiden: E. J. Brill, ISBN 90-04-11211-1, pages 62–64