چه
See also: جھ, چہ, جه, and ـچه
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From French Tchèque, from Czech Čech.
Proper noun
چه • (çeh)
- Bohemia
- Bohemian; Czech
Descendants
- Turkish: Çek
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “چه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 482
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “چه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 741
Persian
Etymology 1
From Middle Persian 𐭰𐭩 (čē, “what; because”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis.
Alternative forms
- چی (či, chiefly colloquial)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian): IPA(key): /t͡ʃi/
- (Dari): IPA(key): /t͡ʃɪ/
- (Iranian Persian): IPA(key): /t͡ʃe/
- (Tajik): IPA(key): /t͡ʃi/
- Rhymes: -e
Pronoun
چه • (če) (plural چهها)
- (interrogative) what?
- چه دارید؟
- če dârid?
- What do you have?
Determiner
چه • (če)
- (before a definite noun) what sort of...
- (before an indefinite noun) what...
- چه کتابی پیدا کردی؟
- če ketâbi peydâ kardi?
- What book did you find?
- (before an indefinite noun) what a... (exclamatory)
- بهبه! چه کتابی!
- bah bah! če ketâbi!
- Wow! What a book!
Adverb
چه • (če)
- (before an adjective) how (exclamatory)
- شهر اصفهان چه زیباست!
- šahr-e esfahân če zibâ-st!
- How beautiful the city of Isfahan is!
Conjunction
چه • (če)
- (rare) because
- Synonym: چون (čun)
Derived terms
- چطور (četowr, “how”)
- چه کسی (če kasi, “who”)
- چقدر (čeqadr, “how much”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian): IPA(key): /t͡ʃa/
- (Dari): IPA(key): /t͡ʃa/
- (Iranian Persian): IPA(key): /t͡ʃe/
- (Tajik): IPA(key): /t͡ʃa/
- Rhymes: -e
Suffix
ـچه • (-če)
- Suffix which forms the diminutive.
See also
- Category:Persian terms suffixed with ـچه
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian): IPA(key): /t͡ʃah/
- (Dari): IPA(key): /t͡ʃah/
- (Iranian Persian): IPA(key): /t͡ʃæh/
- (Tajik): IPA(key): /t͡ʃah/
Noun
چه • (čah)
- Alternative form of چاه (čâh), well
Southwestern Fars
Noun
چه (ča)
- (Masarm, Deh Sarv, Kuzarg) well, hole