چه

From French Tchèque, from Czech Čech.

چه • (çeh)

1. Bohemia
2. Bohemian; Czech

• Turkish: Çek

• 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

From Middle Persian 𐭰𐭩‎ (čē, “what; because”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis.

• چی‎ (či, chiefly colloquial)

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɪ/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃe/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi/
• Rhymes: -e

چه • (če) (plural چه‌ها‎)

1. (interrogative) what?

   ‏چه دارید؟‎‎

   če dârid?

   What do you have?

چه • (če)

1. (before a definite noun) what sort of...
2. (before an indefinite noun) what...

   ‏چه کتابی پیدا کردی؟‎‎

   če ketâbi peydâ kardi?

   What book did you find?

3. (before an indefinite noun) what a... (exclamatory)

   ‏به‌به! چه کتابی!‎‎

   bah bah! če ketâbi!

   Wow! What a book!

چه • (če)

1. (before an adjective) how (exclamatory)

   ‏شهر اصفهان چه زیباست!‎‎

   šahr-e esfahân če zibâ-st!

   How beautiful the city of Isfahan is!

چه • (če)

1. (rare) because

   Synonym: چون‎ (čun)

• چطور‎ (četowr, “how”)
• چه کسی‎ (če kasi, “who”)
• چقدر‎ (čeqadr, “how much”)

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃa/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃa/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃe/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃa/
• Rhymes: -e

ـچه • (-če)

1. Suffix which forms the diminutive.

• Category:Persian terms suffixed with ـچه

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃah/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃah/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃæh/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃah/

چه • (čah)

1. Alternative form of چاه‎ (čâh), well

چه (ča)

1. (Masarm, Deh Sarv, Kuzarg) well, hole