چهار

See also: جهار, جهاز, and جہاز

Persian

Persian numbers ^(edit)

	40
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Cardinal: چهار (čahâr)     Ordinal: چهارم (čahârom)     Fractional: ربع (rob')

Alternative forms

• (colloquial) چار (čār / čâr), (colloquial Iran) چاهار (čāhār / čâhâr)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian (/čahār/) ([Book Pahlavi needed] (ALBA), [Book Pahlavi needed] (chʾl), Inscriptional 𐭰𐭤𐭥 (chʿ), Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫝‌𐫍‌𐫀‌𐫡 (c‌h‌ʾ‌r), 𐫝‌𐫍‌𐫀‌𐫀‌𐫡 (c‌h‌ʾ‌ʾ‌r)), from Proto-Iranian *čaθwā́rah (compare Central Kurdish چوار (çwar, çiwar), Ossetian цыппар (cyppar), Avestan 𐬗𐬀𐬚𐬡𐬁𐬭𐬋 (caθβārō)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čatwā́ras (compare Sanskrit चतुर् (catur)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres (compare Armenian չորս (čʻors), Lithuanian keturi, Latin quattuor, English four).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃa.ˈhaːr/

 

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

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰä.ɦɑːɾ], [t͡ʃʰe̞.ɦɑːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɔ́ːɾ]

 

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰæ.ɦɒ́ːɹ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰæ.ɦɒ́ːɹ]
  • (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɒː.ɦɒ́ːɹ], [t͡ʃʰɒ́ːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰä.ɦɔ́ɾ]

• Rhymes: -aːr

Readings
Classical reading?	čahār
Dari reading?	čahār, čehār
Iranian reading?	čahâr
Tajik reading?	čahor

Numeral

Dari	چهار
Iranian Persian
Tajik	чор, чаҳор

چهار • (čahār / čahâr) (Persian numeral ۴, Tajik spelling чаҳор)

1. four

   Synonym: ۴ (4)

Derived terms

• چارک (čārak / čârak, “quarter”)
• چهارباغ (čahārbāġ / čahârbâġ, “chaharbagh”)
• چهارده (čahār-dah / čahâr-dah, “fourteen”)
• چهارشنبه (čahāršanba / čahâršanbe, “Wednesday”)
• چهارصد (čahār-sad / čahâr-sad, “four hundred”)
• چهارم درست (čahārum-i durust / čahârom-e dorost, “perfect fourth”)
• چهارپا (čahār-pā / čahâr-pâ, “quadruped”)
• چهاریار (čahāryār / čahâryâr, “the four Rashidun caliphs”)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: çahar