چپه

Persian

Etymology

From چپ (čap, “left”) +‎ ـه (-a / -e, nominal suffix)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃap.ˈpa/

 

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

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰä.pʰá]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰäp.pʰá]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰäp.pʰá]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰæpʰ.pʰé]

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

• Rhymes: -a

Readings
Classical reading?	čappa
Dari reading?	čapa
Iranian reading?	čappe
Tajik reading?	čappa, čapa

Adjective

چپه • (čappa / čappe) (Tajik spelling чаппа, or чапа)

1. left-handed (using one's left hand)
2. (colloquial) referring to position, side, or orientation: wrong, incorrect
   1. upside down (inverted, with the bottom above the top)
   2. inside out (with the inner and outer surfaces reversed)

Noun

چپه • (čappa / čappe) (Tajik spelling чаппа)

1. left-handed (person)

Derived terms

adjectives and nouns

• سر چپه (sar čappa / sar čappe, “head over heals”)

verbs

• چپه شدن (čappa šudan / čappe šodan)
• چپه کردن (čappa kardan / čappe kardan)

Further reading

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “چپه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.
• “چپه”, in Вожаҷӯ / واژه‌جو [Vožajü] (in Tajik), 2026
• “چپه”, in The Wilson English - Dari Dictionary (Webonary), SIL International, 2013