چهار

See also: جهار, جهاز, and جہاز

Persian

Persian numbers ^(edit)

	40
←  3	۴ 4	5  →
Cardinal: چهار (čahâr)     Ordinal: چهارم (čahârom)

Alternative forms

• چار (čâr)

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭰𐭤𐭥 (chʿ /⁠čahâr⁠/), 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.hɑːɾ]

 

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

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰä.ɦɑːɾ], [t͡ʃʰe̞.ɦɑːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɑːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɔːɔːɾ], [t͡ʃʰi.jɔːɾ]

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

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

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

Numeral

Dari	چهار
Iranian Persian
Tajik	чор, чаҳор

چهار • (čahâr) (Persian numeral ۴)

1. four

   Synonym: ۴ (4)

Derived terms

• چارک (čârak)
• چهار یار (čahâr yâr)
• چهارباغ (čahâr-bâğ)
• چهارده (čahâr-dah)
• چهارشنبه (čahâr-šanbe)
• چهارصد (čahâr-sad)
• چهارم درست (čahârom-e dorost)
• چهارپا (čahâr-pâ)

 

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: çahar