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 (čʿors), Lithuanian keturi, Latin quattuor, English four).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃahɑːɾ/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃahɑːɾ/, /t͡ʃɪhɑːɾ/
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɑːɾ/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃæhɒːɾ/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃahɔɾ/

Numeral

Iranian Persian	چهار
Dari	چهار
Tajik	чор, чаҳор (čor, čahor)

چهار • (čahâr) (Persian numeral ۴‎)

four
Synonym: ۴‎ (4)

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