چهل

See also: جهل

Persian

Persian numbers ^(edit)

		400
←  30	←  39	۴۰ 40	41  →	50  →
		4
Cardinal: چهل (čehel)     Ordinal: چهلم (čehelom)

Alternative forms

• چل (čel)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠čihl⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *čatwārHcát, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čatwārHćát, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷétwr̥dḱomt.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi.ˈhil/

 

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

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰe̞.ɦɪl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɪl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰil̥]

 

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰe.ɦel̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰe.ɦel̥]
  • (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰel̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰi.ɦil]

• Rhymes: -il

Readings
Classical reading?	čihil
Dari reading?	čehil
Iranian reading?	čehel
Tajik reading?	čihil

Dari	چهل
Iranian Persian
Tajik	чиҳил

Numeral

چهل • (čehel)

1. forty

Derived terms

• چله (čelle)
• چلغوزه (čel-ġuze)
• چلچراغ (čel-čerâġ)
• چهل منار (čehel manâr)