چاره

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Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Persian چاره (čâre, remedy, help).

Noun

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چاره (çare)

  1. remedy, cure, a medicine or treatment that relieves a disease
    Synonyms: درمان (derman), دوا (deva), علاج (ʼilac)
  2. remedy, expedient, solution, something that corrects or counteracts
    Synonym: درمان (derman)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Turkish: çare
  • Albanian: çare
  • Armenian: չարէ (čʻarē), չարա (čʻara)
  • Macedonian: чаре (čare)

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Persian

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (cʾlk' /⁠čārag⁠/, means, remedy), suffixed form of synonymous [Book Pahlavi needed] (cʾl /⁠čār⁠/), ultimately probably from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (to do; to make; to build). Akin to Old Armenian ճարակ (čarak), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? čāra
Dari reading? čāra
Iranian reading? čâre
Tajik reading? čora

Noun

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چاره (čâre)

  1. remedy, help
  2. solution, answer

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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