# باریک
## Persian
### Alternative forms

* بارک (bârek)

### Etymology

From Middle Persian bʾlyk (bārīg/k, “thin, fine subtle”). Akin to Old Armenian բարակ (barak), an Iranian borrowing. One of a few adjectives that has preserved the final -g/k phoneme and did not undergo the regular sound change from Middle Persian to Modern Persian. Others include تاریک (târik, “dark”) and نزدیک (nazdik, “near”). Composed of Middle Persian bʾl (bār, “bank, river / lake bank”) + Middle Persian yk (īg, “suffix forming adjectives of relation, etc.”). For proposed etymology of Middle Persian bʾl (bār, “bank, river / lake bank”), refer to Persian بار (bār, “bank, river / lake bank, shore”). (Can this etymology be sourced?)
* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Morphologically feasible - but the semantics need explaining, as well as sources (inline references) to back up. Is it "thin like a river bank"? Seems possible but rather strange.”

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [bɑː.ɾiːk]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [bɑː.ɾiːk]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [bɑː.ɾiːk]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [bɑː.ɾiːk]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [bɔː.ɾik]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [bɒː.ɹiːkʲ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [bɔ.ɾik]

### Adjective

| Dari | بارِیک |
| Iranian Persian | باریک |
| Tajik | борик |
باریک • (bârik) (comparative باریک‌تَر (bârik-tar), superlative باریک‌تَرین (bârik-tarin))
* narrow
* thin
* delicate

#### Derived terms

* کمرباریک (kamar-bârik)
* باریک‌بین (bârik-bin)
* باریکه (bârike)
* از مو باریک‌تر (az mu bârik-tar)
* باریکی (bâriki)

#### Descendants

* → Gujarati: બારીક (bārīk)
* → Hindustani:
    Hindi: बारीक (bārīk)
    Urdu: بارِیک (bārīk)
* → Marathi: बारीक (bārīk)
* → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਬਰੀਕ (barīk)
    Shahmukhi script: بَرِیک (barīk)
* → Sylheti: ꠛꠣꠞꠤꠇ (barik)

### Further reading

* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “باریك”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բարակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 418a
* Palatecʻi, Gēorg Dpir (1829) “պարիյք”, in Baṙaran Parskerēn əst kargi haykakan aybubenicʻ [Persian Dictionary in the Order of the Armenian Alphabet] (in Armenian), Constantinople: Boghos Arabian Press, page 414b
* Palatecʻi, Gēorg Dpir (1829) “պարիք”, in Baṙaran Parskerēn əst kargi haykakan aybubenicʻ [Persian Dictionary in the Order of the Armenian Alphabet] (in Armenian), Constantinople: Boghos Arabian Press, page 414b
* MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “bārīg/k”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 17

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian باریک (bārīk).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /bɑː.ɾiːk/

### Adjective

باریک • (bārīk) (Hindi spelling बारीक)
* narrow
* thin
* delicate

#### Synonyms

* نازک (nāzuk, “delicate”)

#### Related terms

* باریکی (bārīkī, “thinness”)
* باریک بین (bârīk-bīn, “meticulous”)
* باریک بینی (bârīk-bīnī, “meticulousness”)

## Ushojo
### Adjective

باریک (bārīk)
* fragile