چهار

See also: جهار‎, جهاز‎, and جہاز‎

Persian

Alternative forms

چار‎ (čâr)

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭰𐭤𐭥‎ (chr /čahâr/), from Proto-Iranian *čaθwā́rah (compare 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 (čʿors), Lithuanian keturi, Latin quattuor, English four).

Dari Persian	چهار
Iranian Persian	چهار
Tajiki Persian	чор (čor)

Pronunciation

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [tʃæˈhɒːɾ]
(Tehrani) IPA^(key): [tʃɒˈhɒːɾ]

Numeral

**Persian cardinal numbers**
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Cardinal : چهار Ordinal : چهارم‎

چهار • (čahâr)

four

Related terms

چهارشنبه سوری‎