چهارشنبه

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian چهارشنبه (čahāršanba).

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 (čahār / čahâr) +‎ شنبه (šanba / šanbe), literally “four (days after) Saturday”.

Pronunciation

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

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

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

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

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Noun

چهارشنبه • (čahāršanba / čahâršanbe) (Tajik spelling чаҳоршанбе)

1. Wednesday

Derived terms

• چهارشنبه‌سوری (čahāršanba-sūrī / čahâršanbe-suri, “Chaharshanbe Suri”)

Descendants

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

See also

• days of the week: روزهای هفته (rōz-hā-yi hafta / ruz-hâ-ye hafte) (appendix): شنبه (šanba / šanbe) · یک‌شنبه (yak-šanba / yek-šanbe) · دوشنبه (du-šanba / do-šanbe) · سه‌شنبه (si-šanba / se-šanbe) · چهارشنبه (čahār-šanba / čahâr-šanbe) · پنج‌شنبه (panj-šanba / panj-šanbe) · آدینه (ādēna / âdine)/جمعه (jum'a / jom'e) ^[edit]