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"1": "fa",
"2": "pal",
"3": "ME lʾd",
"4": "",
"5": "why",
"tr": "čim rāy"
},
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"name": "uder"
},
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},
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},
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"3": "*kís",
"4": "*kím ~ čím"
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"name": "der"
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{
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"name": "inh"
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},
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"name": "der"
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"3": "*HraHdʰ-"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
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"1": "fa",
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"3": "*Hreh₁dʰ-",
"4": "",
"5": "to think, arrange, accomplish"
},
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"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle Persian ME lʾd (čim rāy, “why”), from Proto-Iranian *čim (“what”) + *rādi- (“reason, thing”), literally, “what reason”. The former is from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kím ~ čím, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷím (“what”), while the latter is a lexicalization of the locative singular of Proto-Iranian *rād-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HraHdʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₁dʰ- (“to think, arrange, accomplish”).",
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"tags": [
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]
}
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"2": "adverb",
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}
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"lang_code": "fa",
"pos": "adv",
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{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "45 28 28",
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"name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
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"roman": "čerâyi",
"word": "چرایی philosophy"
},
{
"word": "reason"
},
{
"word": "cause"
}
],
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{
"english": "Why did you go to Shiraz?",
"roman": "čerâ rafti širâz?",
"text": "چرا رفتی شیراز؟",
"type": "example"
}
],
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],
"id": "en-چرا-fa-adv-K-I8WF8V",
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"why",
"why"
]
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{
"roman": "barâye če",
"word": "برای چه"
},
{
"roman": "barâye či",
"word": "برای چی"
},
{
"roman": "vâse či",
"word": "واسه چی"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃi.ɾɑː]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Persian"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[t͡ʃʰʊ́.ɾɑː]",
"tags": [
"Dari",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[t͡ʃʰʊ́.ɾɑː]",
"tags": [
"Dari",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[t͡ʃʰʊ́.ɾɑː]",
"tags": [
"Kabuli"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[t͡ʃʰú.ɾɔː]",
"note": "Hazaragi"
},
{
"ipa": "[t͡ʃʰé.ɹɒː]",
"tags": [
"Iran",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[t͡ʃʰǽ.ɾɔ]",
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"Tajik",
"formal"
]
}
],
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"2": "چرا که نه؟",
"t": "why not?",
"tr": "čerâ ke na?"
},
"expansion": "Ellipsis of چرا که نه؟ (čerâ ke na?, “why not?”)",
"name": "ellipsis"
}
],
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"tags": [
"romanization"
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"2": "interjection",
"tr": "čerâ"
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"expansion": "چرا • (čerâ)",
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}
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"pos": "intj",
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"yes; surely"
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"id": "en-چرا-fa-intj-kBuuutqj",
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"2": "چریدن",
"t": "to graze, pasture",
"tr": "čaridan"
},
"expansion": "چریدن (čaridan, “to graze, pasture”)",
"name": "m"
}
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"romanization"
]
}
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"2": "noun",
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"expansion": "چرا • (čarâ)",
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}
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"pasturing"
],
[
"grazing",
"grazing"
]
]
}
],
"word": "چرا"
}
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"Persian entries with incorrect language header",
"Persian lemmas",
"Persian nouns",
"Persian terms derived from Middle Persian",
"Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
"Persian terms derived from Proto-Iranian",
"Persian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
"Persian terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Persian undefined derivations"
],
"derived": [
{
"roman": "čerâyi",
"word": "چرایی philosophy"
},
{
"word": "reason"
},
{
"word": "cause"
}
],
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"4": "",
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},
"expansion": "Middle Persian ME lʾd (čim rāy, “why”)",
"name": "uder"
},
{
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"1": "fa",
"2": "ira-pro",
"3": "*čim",
"t": "what"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
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},
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{
"args": {
"1": "what reason"
},
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"name": "m-g"
},
{
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},
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"name": "lit"
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"2": "iir-pro",
"3": "*kís",
"4": "*kím ~ čím"
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"name": "der"
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{
"args": {
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"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*kʷís",
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"name": "inh"
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{
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"2": "ira-pro",
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},
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"name": "der"
},
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"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "iir-pro",
"3": "*HraHdʰ-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *HraHdʰ-",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*Hreh₁dʰ-",
"4": "",
"5": "to think, arrange, accomplish"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₁dʰ- (“to think, arrange, accomplish”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle Persian ME lʾd (čim rāy, “why”), from Proto-Iranian *čim (“what”) + *rādi- (“reason, thing”), literally, “what reason”. The former is from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kím ~ čím, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷím (“what”), while the latter is a lexicalization of the locative singular of Proto-Iranian *rād-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HraHdʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₁dʰ- (“to think, arrange, accomplish”).",
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"form": "čerâ",
"tags": [
"romanization"
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}
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"2": "adverb",
"tr": "čerâ"
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"expansion": "چرا • (čerâ)",
"name": "head"
}
],
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"lang_code": "fa",
"pos": "adv",
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{
"english": "Why did you go to Shiraz?",
"roman": "čerâ rafti širâz?",
"text": "چرا رفتی شیراز؟",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"why",
"why"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃi.ɾɑː]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Persian"
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{
"ipa": "[t͡ʃʰʊ́.ɾɑː]",
"tags": [
"Dari",
"formal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[t͡ʃʰʊ́.ɾɑː]",
"tags": [
"Dari",
"formal"
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},
{
"ipa": "[t͡ʃʰʊ́.ɾɑː]",
"tags": [
"Kabuli"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[t͡ʃʰú.ɾɔː]",
"note": "Hazaragi"
},
{
"ipa": "[t͡ʃʰé.ɹɒː]",
"tags": [
"Iran",
"formal"
]
},
{
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"formal"
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}
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"roman": "barâye če",
"word": "برای چه"
},
{
"roman": "barâye či",
"word": "برای چی"
},
{
"roman": "vâse či",
"word": "واسه چی"
}
],
"word": "چرا"
}
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"Persian entries with incorrect language header",
"Persian interjections",
"Persian lemmas",
"Persian nouns"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
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"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "چرا که نه؟",
"t": "why not?",
"tr": "čerâ ke na?"
},
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"name": "ellipsis"
}
],
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{
"form": "čerâ",
"tags": [
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}
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"(definite positive response to a negative question or statement) yes; surely"
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"word": "چرا"
}
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"Persian nouns"
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"1": "fa",
"2": "چریدن",
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},
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"name": "m"
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