چهار
Persian
| 40 | ||
| ← 3 | ۴ 4 |
5 → |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: چهار (čahâr) Ordinal: چهارم (čahârom) | ||
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Persian (/čahār/) ([Book Pahlavi needed] (ALBA), [Book Pahlavi needed] (chʾl), Inscriptional 𐭰𐭤𐭥 (chʿ), Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫝𐫍𐫀𐫡 (chʾr), 𐫝𐫍𐫀𐫀𐫡 (chʾʾr)), from Proto-Iranian *čaθwā́rah (compare Central Kurdish چوار (çwar, çiwar), Ossetian цыппар (cyppar), Avestan 𐬗𐬀𐬚𐬡𐬁𐬭𐬋 (caθβārō)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čatwā́ras (compare Sanskrit चतुर् (catur)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres (compare Armenian չորս (čʻors), Lithuanian keturi, Latin quattuor, English four).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /t͡ʃa.ˈhaːɾ/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰä.ɦɑːɾ], [t͡ʃʰe̞.ɦɑːɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰæ.ɦɒːɹ]
- (Tehrani) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰɒː.ɦɒːɹ], [t͡ʃʰɒːɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰä.ɦɔɾ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | čahār |
| Dari reading? | čahār, čehār |
| Iranian reading? | čahâr |
| Tajik reading? | čahor |
Numeral
چهار • (čahār / čahâr) (Persian numeral ۴, Tajik spelling чаҳор)
Derived terms
- چارک (čārak / čârak, “quarter”)
- چهارباغ (čahārbāġ / čahârbâġ, “chaharbagh”)
- چهارده (čahār-dah / čahâr-dah, “fourteen”)
- چهارشنبه (čahāršanba / čahâršanbe, “Wednesday”)
- چهارصد (čahār-sad / čahâr-sad, “four hundred”)
- چهارم درست (čahārum-i durust / čahârom-e dorost, “perfect fourth”)
- چهارپا (čahār-pā / čahâr-pâ, “quadruped”)
- چهاریار (čahāryār / čahâryâr, “the four Rashidun caliphs”)
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: çahar