چارک

Persian

Alternative forms

• چاریک (čāryak / čâryek), چهاریک (čahāryak / čahâryek)

Etymology

Clipping of چاریک (čāryak / čâryek), چهاریک (čahāryak / čahâryek), from چهار (čahār / čahâr, “four”) +‎ یک (yak / yek, “one”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaː.ˈrak/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɑː.ɾák]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɑː.ɾák]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɑː.ɾák]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɔː.ɾák]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɒː.ɹǽkʰʲ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɔ.ɾák]

Readings
Classical reading?	čārak
Dari reading?	čārak
Iranian reading?	čârak
Tajik reading?	čorak

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

چارک • (čārak / čârak)

1. (statistics) quartile
2. (dated) quarter (any fourth of something)
3. (Iran, now rare or regional) measurement units
   1. A traditional unit of mass equal to 750 grams; one fourths of a من تبریز (man-e tabriz, “4 kilograms”), ten سیر (sir, “75 grams”)
   2. A traditional unit of length equal to 26 centimeters; one fourths of a ذرع (zar’, “104 centimeters”), four گره (gereh, “6.5 centimeters”)

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: چیرك (çeyrek), چاریك (çaryek /⁠çeyrek⁠/)
  • Turkish: çeyrek
  • → Albanian: çerek
  • → Armenian: չէյրէկ (čʻēyrēk)
  • → Bulgarian: чейре́к (čejrék)
  • → Greek: τσεϊρέκι (tseïréki)
  • → Laz: ჩეჲრეღი (çeyreği)
  • → Romanian: ciric
  • → Serbo-Croatian: čèreg / чѐрег, čèrek / чѐрек

Further reading

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “چارک”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.
• محمد معین [Mohammad-e Mo'in] (1972), “چارک”, in Jafar Shahidi, editor, فرهنگ فارسی معین [Farhang-e Fârsi-ye Mo'in, Moin Persian Dictionary] (in Persian), Tehran: Amir Kabir Publishers.
• ʿAmīd, Ḥasan (1985), “چارک”, in Farhang-e Fārsī-e ʿAmīd (in Persian), Tehrān: Amīrkabīr