See چرا on Wiktionary
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"Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
"Persian terms derived from Proto-Iranian",
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"Persian terms suffixed with ـا",
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"english": "Why did you go to Shiraz?",
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"word": "برای چه"
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"word": "برای چی"
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"word": "واسه چی"
}
]
}
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"Dari",
"formal"
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"word": "چر"
}
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"english": "pasture, grassland",
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}
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