چارک

Persian

Alternative forms

چاریک (čāryak / čâryek), چهاریک (čahāryak / čahâryek)

Etymology

Clipping of (čāryak / čâryek), (čahāryak / čahâryek), from (čahār / čahâr, “four”) +‎ (yak / yek, “one”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaː.ˈɾak/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɑː.ɾák]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɑː.ɾák]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɔː.ɾák]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɒː.ɹǽkʲ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɔ.ɾák]

Readings
Classical reading^?	čārak
Dari reading^?	čārak
Iranian reading^?	čârak
Tajik reading^?	čorak

Audio (Iran): (file)

Noun

چارک • (čārak / čârak)

(statistics) quartile
(dated) quarter (any fourth of something)
(Iran, now rare or regional) measurement units
1. A traditional unit of mass equal to 750 grams; one fourths of a من تبریز (man-e tabriz, “4 kilograms”), ten سیر (sir, “75 grams”)
2. A traditional unit of length equal to 26 centimeters; one fourths of a ذرع (zar’, “104 centimeters”), four گره (gereh, “6.5 centimeters”)

Descendants

→ Ottoman Turkish: چیرك (çeyrek), چاریك (çaryek /⁠çeyrek⁠/)
- Turkish: çeyrek
- → Albanian: çerek
- → Armenian: չէյրէկ (čʻēyrēk)
- → Bulgarian: чейре́к (čejrék)
- → Greek: τσεϊρέκι (tseïréki)
- → Laz: ჩეჲრეღი (çeyreği)
- → Romanian: ciric
- → Serbo-Croatian: čèreg / чѐрег, čèrek / чѐрек

Further reading

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “چارک”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
محمد معین [Mohammad-e Mo'in] (1972), “چارک”, in Jafar Shahidi, editor, فرهنگ فارسی معین [Farhang-e Fârsi-ye Mo'in, Moin Persian Dictionary] (in Persian), Tehran: Amir Kabir Publishers
ʿAmīd, Ḥasan (1985), “چارک”, in Farhang-e Fārsī-e ʿAmīd (in Persian), Tehrān: Amīrkabīr