تیغ

See also: بيع, ب ي ع, تبع, and تبغ

Khalaj

Noun

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

1. Arabic spelling of tîğ (“sword”)

Declension

Declension of تیغ

	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 تیغ (tiğ).

Noun

تیغ • (tiğ)

1. sword, dagger, bodkin
2. sunbeam

   Synonyms: طنب (tunb, tunüb), پرتو (pertev), شعاع (şua)

3. a pointed summit
4. 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

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): [teːɣ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰeːɣ]

• (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?	tēğ
Dari reading?	tēğ
Iranian reading?	tiğ
Tajik reading?	teġ

Noun

Dari	تیغ
Iranian Persian
Tajik	теғ

تیغ • (tiğ)

1. blade, razor
2. 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 تیغ (têğ).

Pronunciation

• (Majhi) IPA^(key): /t̪eːɣᵊ/, /t̪eːɡᵊ/

Noun

تیغ • (teġ) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਤੇਗ਼)

1. blade, razor
2. sword, scimitar, knife

Declension

Declension of تیغ
dir. sg.	تیغ (teġ)
dir. pl.	تیغاں (teġāṉ)
	singular	plural
direct	تیغ (teġ)	تیغاں (teġāṉ)
oblique	تیغ (teġ)	تیغاں (teġāṉ)
vocative	تیغے (teġe)	تیغو (teġo)
ablative	تیغوں (teġoṉ)	—
locative	تیغے (teġe)	تیغِیں (teġīṉ)
instrumental	تیغے (teġe)	تیغِیں (teġīṉ)

References

• “تیغ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024