چتر

See also: جبر, حبر, خبر, خبز, and چپر

Pashto

Noun

چتر • (čátər) m

1. umbrella

   Synonym: چترۍ f (čatrəy)

Persian

FWOTD – 5 March 2025

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit छत्त्र (chattra). Doublet of چادر (čâdor) and چتری (čatri).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃatr/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰät̪ɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰät̪ɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰät̪ɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰät̪ɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰæt̪ʰɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰät̪ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	čatr
Dari reading?	čatr
Iranian reading?	čatr
Tajik reading?	čatr

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

Dari	چتر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	чатр

چتر • (čatr) (Tajik spelling чатр)

1. umbrella, parasol

   Synonyms: آفتاب‌گیر (âftâb-gir), سایبان (sâybân)

   • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 255”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎^[2]:

     گر بهار عمر باشد باز بر تخت چمن
     چتر گل در سر کشی ای مرغ خوشخوان غم مخور

     gar bahār-i umr bāšad bāz bar taxt-i čaman
     čatr-i gul dar sar kašī ay murġ-i xwašxwān ġam ma-xwar

     When the springtime of life is once more upon the meadow's throne,
     The rose's royal parasol will be over your head: sweet-singing bird, do not grieve!

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: çətir
• → Pashto: چتر (čátər)