تیز

تیز (tîz, tîiz) (definite accusative تیزی, plural تیزلَر)

1. Arabic spelling of tîz, tîiz (“knee”)

From Persian تیز.

تیز • (tiz)

1. 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

• Turkish: tiz

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

تیز • (tez)

1. quick

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

• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “تیز”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 172

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.

• Rhymes: -iːz

تیز • (tiz) (comparative تیزتَر, superlative تیزتَرین)

1. sharp
2. pungent
3. shrill
4. piercing
5. penetrating
6. swift, nimble
7. smart, nimble, quick to learn

• تیزی (tizi)

• → Hindi: तेज़ (tez)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਤੇਜ਼ (tez), ਤੇਜ (tej)

  Shahmukhi script: تیز (tez)

• → Turkish: tiz

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

تیز • (tiz)

1. swiftly
2. quickly

• → 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)

• 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

Borrowed from Classical Persian تیز (tēz).

تیز • (tez) (Gurmukhi spelling ਤੇਜ਼)

1. sharp
2. (depending on context) fast, rapid, clever, hot, fiery

Borrowed from Classical Persian تیز (tez).

• IPA^(key): [t̪ezʊ]

تيزُ • (tezu) (Devanagari तेज़ु)

1. sharp

• 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

Borrowed from Classical Persian تیز (tēz).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪eːz/
• Rhymes: -eːz

تیز • (tez) (Hindi spelling तेज़)

1. (chiefly) fast, quick

   یہ قطار تیز ہے۔ ― ye qitār tez hai. ― This queue is fast.

   Synonyms: جلد (jald), سریع (sarī)

2. sharp

   تیز چھری ― tez churī ― sharp knife

3. cunning, smart, clever

   یہ لڑکی بہت تیز ہے۔ ― ye laṛkī bohat tez hai ― This girl is too clever

   Synonym: ہوشیار (hośiyār), Synonym: زرنگ (zarang)

4. strong (effectively)
5. spicy, hot
6. intense

   تیز ہوا ― tez hawā ― intense wind

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

• “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, 2025.