# تیز
## Khalaj
### Noun

تیز (tîz, tîiz) (definite accusative تیزی, plural تیزلَر)
* Arabic spelling of tîz, tîiz (“knee”)

#### Declension
## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology 1

From Persian تیز.

#### Adjective

تیز • (tiz)
* sharp, impetuous, sour
    Synonym: كسكین (keskin)
    تیز میزاج ― tiz mizaç ― wrath, hot-tempered
    تیز سس ― tiz ses ― high-pitched voice
    تیز آب ― tizab, kezzap ― acid

##### Descendants

* Turkish: tiz

### Etymology 2

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *teŕ- (“to run away; swift”), with semantic contamination of the Persian borrowing تیز (tiz).

#### Adjective

تیز • (tez)
* quick

### Derived terms

* تیز اولمق (tez olmak)
* تیزلك (tezlik)
* تیزلنمك (tezlenmek)

### References

* Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “تیز”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎, Vienna: F. Beck, page 172

## Persian
### Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [script needed] (tyc /⁠tēz⁠/, “sharp”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg-. Cognate with Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫎𐫏𐫋 (tēǰ, “sharp”), Northern Kurdish tîj, tûj (“sharp; hot, spicy”), Central Kurdish تیژ (tîj), تێژ (têj, “sharp, hot (peppery)”). Note Armenian թեժ (tʻež), an Iranian borrowing.

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [teːz]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [t̪ʰeːz]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [t̪ʰeːz]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [t̪ʰeːz]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [t̪ʰeːz]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [t̪ʰiːz]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [t̪ʰez]
* Rhymes: -iːz

#### Adjective

| Dari | تیز |
| Iranian Persian | تیز |
| Tajik | тез |
تیز • (tiz) (comparative تیزتَر (tiz-tar), superlative تیزتَرین (tiz-tarin))
* sharp
* pungent
* shrill
* piercing
* penetrating
* swift, nimble
* smart, nimble, quick to learn

##### Derived terms

* تیزی (tizi)

##### Descendants

* → Hindi: तेज़ (tez)
* → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਤੇਜ਼ (tez), ਤੇਜ (tej)
    Shahmukhi script: تیز (tez)
* → Turkish: tiz

### Etymology 2

From Middle Persian [script needed] (tyc /⁠tēz⁠/, “quick”), perhaps via Proto-Turkic *teŕ-.

#### Adverb

تیز • (tiz)
* swiftly
* quickly

##### Descendants

* → Kazakh: тез (tez)
* → Old Anatolian Turkish: [script needed] (tez)
** Azerbaijani: tez
** Ottoman Turkish: تیز (tez)
*** Turkish: tez
*** → Middle Armenian: թէզ (tʻēz)
**** Armenian: թեզ (tʻez)
* → Turkmen: tīz
* → Uyghur: تېز (tëz)
* → Punjabi: ਤੇਜ਼ (tez) / تیز (tez)
* → Sindhi: تیزُ (tezu)
* → Urdu: تیز (tez)

### References

* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tez”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “tēz”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 83

## Punjabi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تیز (tēz).

### Adjective

تیز • (tez) (Gurmukhi spelling ਤੇਜ਼)
* sharp
* (depending on context) fast, rapid, clever, hot, fiery

## Sindhi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تیز (tez).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [t̪ezʊ]

### Adjective

تيزُ • (tezu) (Devanagari तेज़ु)
* sharp

### References

* Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “تيزُ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
* Khānu, Balocu (1960–1988) “تيزُ”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Hyderabad, Sindh: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تیز (tēz).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /t̪eːz/
* Rhymes: -eːz

### Adjective

تیز • (tez) (Hindi spelling तेज़)
* (chiefly) fast, quick
    یہ قطار تیز ہے۔ ― ye qitār tez hai. ― This queue is fast.
    Synonyms: جلد (jald), سریع (sarī)
* sharp
    تیز چھری ― tez churī ― sharp knife
* cunning, smart, clever
    یہ لڑکی بہت تیز ہے۔ ― ye laṛkī bohat tez hai ― This girl is too clever
    Synonym: ہوشیار (hośiyār), Synonym: زرنگ (zarang)
* strong (effectively)
* spicy, hot
* intense
    تیز ہوا ― tez hawā ― intense wind

#### Related terms

* تیزی (tezī, “quickness”)
* تیزی سے (tezī se, “quickly”)

### References

* “تیز”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
* “تیز”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.