چهاریار

Persian

Alternative forms

چهار یار (čahār yār / čahâr yâr)
چاریار (čāryār / čâryâr), چار یار (čār yār / čâr yâr)
(colloquial Iran) چاهاریار (čāhāryār / čâhâryâr)

Etymology

From (čahār / čahâr, “four”) +‎ (yār / yâr, “companions”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃa.haːɾ.ˈjaːɾ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰä.ɦɑːɾ.jɑːɾ], [t͡ʃʰe̞.ɦɑːɾ.jɑːɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɑːɾ.jɑːɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɔːɾ.jɔːɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰæ.ɦɒːɹ.jɒːɹ]
- (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɒː.ɦɒːɹ.jɒːɹ], [t͡ʃʰɒːɹ.jɒːɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰä.ɦɔɾ.jɔɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	čahāryār
Dari reading^?	čahāryār, čehāryār
Iranian reading^?	čahâryâr
Tajik reading^?	čahoryor

Noun

چهاریار • (čahāryār / čahâryâr) (Tajik spelling чаҳорёр)

(Islam, literary or poetic) The four successors to the Prophet Muhammad; Rashidun caliphs
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see چهار,‎ یار.

Further reading

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “چهاریار”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press