چهارشنبه

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• չարշամպա (çarşamba), չարշանպա (çarşanba /⁠çarşamba⁠/) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

From Persian چهارشنبه (čahâr-šanbe).

Noun

چهارشنبه • (çarşamba)

1. Wednesday

Descendants

• Turkish: çarşamba

References

• Mallouf, Nassif (1856) “mercredi”, in Dictionnaire français-turc, 2nd edition, Paris: Maisonneuve, page 462

Persian

Etymology

From چهار (čahâr) +‎ شنبه (šanbe), literally “four (days after) Saturday”.

Pronunciation

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• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃa.hɑːɾ.ʃan.ˈba]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰä.ɦɑːɾ.ʃäm.béː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰä.ɦɑːɾ.ʃäm.béː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɑːɑːɾ.ʃäm.béː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɔːɔːɾ.ʃäm.béː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰæ.ɦɒːɹ.ʃæm.bé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰä.ɦɔɾ.ʃäm.bé]

Readings
Classical reading?	čahāršanba
Dari reading?	čahāršanbē
Iranian reading?	čahâršanbe
Tajik reading?	čahoršanbe

Noun

چهارشنبه • (čahâršanbe)

Dari	چهارشنبه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	чаҳоршанбе

1. Wednesday

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: çərşənbə
• → Bashkir: шаршамбы (şarşambı)
• → Gujarati: ચારશંબા (cārśambā)
• → Kazakh: сәрсенбі (särsenbı)
• → Ottoman Turkish: چهارشنبه, չարշամպա (çarşamba), չարշանպա (çarşanba /⁠çarşamba⁠/)
  • Turkish: çarşamba
• → Tatar: чәршәмбе (çärşämbe)
• Uzbek: chorshanba

See also

• (days of the week) روزْهایِ هَفْتِه (ruz-hâ-ye hafte)‎; شَنْبِه (šanbe)‎, یِک‌شَنْبِه (yek-šanbe)‎, دوشَنْبِه (došanbe)‎, سِه‌شَنْبِه (se-šanbe)‎, چَهارْشَنْبِه (čahâršanbe)‎, پَنْج‌شَنْبِه (panj-šanbe)‎, آدینِه (âdine)‎/جُمْعِه (jom'e)‎ ^{(Category: fa:Days of the week)}