"چهار" meaning in Persian

See چهار in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Numeral

IPA: [t͡ʃa.hɑːɾ] [Classical-Persian], [t͡ʃʰä.ɦɑːɾ] [Dari, formal], [t͡ʃʰe̞.ɦɑːɾ] [Dari, formal], [t͡ʃʰä.ɦɑːɾ] [Dari, formal], [t͡ʃʰe̞.ɦɑːɾ] [Dari, formal], [t͡ʃʰɑːɾ] [Kabuli], [t͡ʃʰɔːɔːɾ] (note: Hazaragi), [t͡ʃʰi.jɔːɾ] (note: Hazaragi), [t͡ʃʰæ.ɦɒːɹ] [Iran, formal], [t͡ʃʰɒː.ɦɒːɹ] [Iran, formal], [t͡ʃʰä.ɦɔɾ] [Tajik, formal] Forms: čahâr [romanization], ۴ [Persian, numeral], چار [alternative]
Etymology: From Middle Persian 𐭰𐭤𐭥 (chʿ /⁠čahâr⁠/), 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). Etymology templates: {{inh|fa|pal|𐭰𐭤𐭥|ts=čahâr}} Middle Persian 𐭰𐭤𐭥 (chʿ /⁠čahâr⁠/), {{inh|fa|ira-pro|*čaθwā́rah}} Proto-Iranian *čaθwā́rah, {{cog|ckb|چوار|tr=çwar, çiwar}} Central Kurdish چوار (çwar, çiwar), {{cog|os|цыппар}} Ossetian цыппар (cyppar), {{cog|ae|𐬗𐬀𐬚𐬡𐬁𐬭𐬋}} Avestan 𐬗𐬀𐬚𐬡𐬁𐬭𐬋 (caθβārō), {{inh|fa|iir-pro|*čatwā́ras}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *čatwā́ras, {{cog|sa|चतुर्}} Sanskrit चतुर् (catur), {{inh|fa|ine-pro|*kʷetwóres}} Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres, {{cog|hy|չորս}} Armenian չորս (čʻors), {{cog|lt|keturi}} Lithuanian keturi, {{cog|la|quattuor}} Latin quattuor, {{cog|en|four}} English four Head templates: {{head|fa|numeral|Persian numeral|۴|head=|tr=čahâr}} چهار • (čahâr) (Persian numeral ۴), {{fa-numeral|c|۴|tr=čahâr}} چهار • (čahâr) (Persian numeral ۴)
  1. four Synonyms: ۴ Derived forms: چارک (čârak), چهار یار (čahâr yâr), چهارباغ (čahâr-bâğ), چهارده (čahâr-dah), چهارشنبه (čahâr-šanbe), چهارصد (čahâr-sad), چهارم درست (čahârom-e dorost), چهارپا (čahâr-pâ)
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "çahar",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: çahar",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Azerbaijani: çahar"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
        "3": "𐭰𐭤𐭥",
        "ts": "čahâr"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian 𐭰𐭤𐭥 (chʿ /⁠čahâr⁠/)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ira-pro",
        "3": "*čaθwā́rah"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Iranian *čaθwā́rah",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ckb",
        "2": "چوار",
        "tr": "çwar, çiwar"
      },
      "expansion": "Central Kurdish چوار (çwar, çiwar)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "os",
        "2": "цыппар"
      },
      "expansion": "Ossetian цыппар (cyppar)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬗𐬀𐬚𐬡𐬁𐬭𐬋"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬗𐬀𐬚𐬡𐬁𐬭𐬋 (caθβārō)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*čatwā́ras"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *čatwā́ras",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "चतुर्"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit चतुर् (catur)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kʷetwóres"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hy",
        "2": "չորս"
      },
      "expansion": "Armenian չորս (čʻors)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "keturi"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian keturi",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "quattuor"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin quattuor",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "four"
      },
      "expansion": "English four",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Persian 𐭰𐭤𐭥 (chʿ /⁠čahâr⁠/), 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).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "čahâr",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "۴",
      "tags": [
        "Persian",
        "numeral"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "چار",
      "roman": "čâr",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "numeral",
        "3": "Persian numeral",
        "4": "۴",
        "head": "",
        "tr": "čahâr"
      },
      "expansion": "چهار • (čahâr) (Persian numeral ۴)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "c",
        "2": "۴",
        "tr": "čahâr"
      },
      "expansion": "چهار • (čahâr) (Persian numeral ۴)",
      "name": "fa-numeral"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "num",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Automatic Inscriptional Pahlavi transliterations containing ambiguous characters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Central Kurdish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian cardinal numbers",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "čârak",
          "word": "چارک"
        },
        {
          "roman": "čahâr yâr",
          "word": "چهار یار"
        },
        {
          "roman": "čahâr-bâğ",
          "word": "چهارباغ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "čahâr-dah",
          "word": "چهارده"
        },
        {
          "roman": "čahâr-šanbe",
          "word": "چهارشنبه"
        },
        {
          "roman": "čahâr-sad",
          "word": "چهارصد"
        },
        {
          "roman": "čahârom-e dorost",
          "word": "چهارم درست"
        },
        {
          "roman": "čahâr-pâ",
          "word": "چهارپا"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "four"
      ],
      "id": "en-چهار-fa-num-BO-vCA9a",
      "links": [
        [
          "four",
          "four"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "۴"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃa.hɑːɾ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰä.ɦɑːɾ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰe̞.ɦɑːɾ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰä.ɦɑːɾ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰe̞.ɦɑːɾ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰɑːɾ]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰɔːɔːɾ]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰi.jɔːɾ]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰæ.ɦɒːɹ]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰɒː.ɦɒːɹ]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰä.ɦɔɾ]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "چهار"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "čârak",
      "word": "چارک"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čahâr yâr",
      "word": "چهار یار"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čahâr-bâğ",
      "word": "چهارباغ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čahâr-dah",
      "word": "چهارده"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čahâr-šanbe",
      "word": "چهارشنبه"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čahâr-sad",
      "word": "چهارصد"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čahârom-e dorost",
      "word": "چهارم درست"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čahâr-pâ",
      "word": "چهارپا"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "çahar",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: çahar",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Azerbaijani: çahar"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "pal",
        "3": "𐭰𐭤𐭥",
        "ts": "čahâr"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian 𐭰𐭤𐭥 (chʿ /⁠čahâr⁠/)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ira-pro",
        "3": "*čaθwā́rah"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Iranian *čaθwā́rah",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ckb",
        "2": "چوار",
        "tr": "çwar, çiwar"
      },
      "expansion": "Central Kurdish چوار (çwar, çiwar)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "os",
        "2": "цыппар"
      },
      "expansion": "Ossetian цыппар (cyppar)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬗𐬀𐬚𐬡𐬁𐬭𐬋"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬗𐬀𐬚𐬡𐬁𐬭𐬋 (caθβārō)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*čatwā́ras"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *čatwā́ras",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "चतुर्"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit चतुर् (catur)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kʷetwóres"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hy",
        "2": "չորս"
      },
      "expansion": "Armenian չորս (čʻors)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "keturi"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian keturi",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "quattuor"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin quattuor",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "four"
      },
      "expansion": "English four",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Persian 𐭰𐭤𐭥 (chʿ /⁠čahâr⁠/), 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).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "čahâr",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "۴",
      "tags": [
        "Persian",
        "numeral"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "چار",
      "roman": "čâr",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "numeral",
        "3": "Persian numeral",
        "4": "۴",
        "head": "",
        "tr": "čahâr"
      },
      "expansion": "چهار • (čahâr) (Persian numeral ۴)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "c",
        "2": "۴",
        "tr": "čahâr"
      },
      "expansion": "چهار • (čahâr) (Persian numeral ۴)",
      "name": "fa-numeral"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "num",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Automatic Inscriptional Pahlavi transliterations containing ambiguous characters",
        "Central Kurdish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Persian cardinal numbers",
        "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Persian lemmas",
        "Persian numerals",
        "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 Middle Persian",
        "Persian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Persian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
        "Persian terms inherited from Proto-Iranian",
        "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "four"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "four",
          "four"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "۴"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃa.hɑːɾ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰä.ɦɑːɾ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰe̞.ɦɑːɾ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰä.ɦɑːɾ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰe̞.ɦɑːɾ]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰɑːɾ]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰɔːɔːɾ]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰi.jɔːɾ]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰæ.ɦɒːɹ]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰɒː.ɦɒːɹ]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃʰä.ɦɔɾ]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "چهار"
}

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