چهارباغ

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See also: چهار باغ

Persian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From چهار (čahâr, four) +‎ باغ (bâğ, garden), literally four gardens.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? čahārbāğ
Dari reading? čahārbāğ
Iranian reading? čahârbâğ
Tajik reading? čahorboġ

Noun

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Dari چهارباغ
Iranian Persian
Tajik чаҳорбоғ

چهارباغ (čahârbâğ)

  1. chaharbagh (a traditional square-shaped layout of Persian gardens comprising four square gardens separated by waterways, together representing the four gardens and four rivers of Paradise)

Descendants

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Proper noun

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Dari چهارباغ
Iranian Persian
Tajik Чаҳорбоғ

چهارباغ (čahârbâğ)

  1. Ellipsis of خیابان چهارباغ (xiyâbân-e čahârbâğ, Chaharbagh Avenue); the Chaharbagh, Isfahan, so named because Shah Abbas the Great had bought four vineyards in the city to secure the right-of-way[1]
  2. a toponym:
    1. Chaharbagh (a city in Alborz, Iran)
    2. Chaharbagh (a district of Alborz, Iran)

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ ČAHĀRBĀḠ-E EṢFAHĀN”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, 1990