چقدر

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Persian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From چه (če, what) +‎ قدر (qadr, amount).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? čiqaḏr
Dari reading? čiqadr
Iranian reading? čeğadr
Tajik reading? čiqadar
  • (Birjand) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰe.ʁæ.zǽɹ]

Adverb

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چقدر (čeqadr)

Dari چقدر
Iranian Persian
Tajik чӣ қадар
  1. (interrogative, of quantities) how much
    • 2018, “چقدر قهوه بخوریم تا بیشتر زنده بمانیم؟”, in isna.ir[2], Iranian Students News Agency:
      چقدر قهوه بخوریم تا بیشتر زنده بمانیم؟
      čeqadr qahve bo-xorim tâ bištar zende be-mânim?
      How much coffee should we drink in order to stay alive longer?

Derived terms

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See also

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  • چند (čand, how many, how much)

References

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  1. ^ Ela Filippone (2011) “The Language of the Qorʾān-e Qods and its Sistanic Dialectal Background”, in M. Maggi, P. Orsatti, editors, The Persian Language in History[1], Wiesbaden: Reichert, pages 179-235:
    Birǰ. also has qazar for qadar ‘divine decree’, čeqazar for čeqadr ‘how much’, which reminds Mašh. eqezer ‘so much’ (= Standard Prs. in qadr). Mašh. bezem, bezet, bezeš, etc. for ‘to me, to you, to him/­her, etc.’ (= Prs. be man, be to, be u) have also been interpreted as from pad + suffix with z < d.