دچار

Persian

Alternative forms

دو چار‎ (do-čâr), دو چهار‎ (do-cahâr)

Etymology

‎ (do, “two”) +‎ ‎ (čâr, “four”), apparently because two eyes become four when two people meet.[1]

Pronunciation

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

(Dari): IPA^(key): /dʊt͡ʃɒːɾ/

(Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /dot͡ʃɒːɾ/
(Tajik): IPA^(key): /dut͡ʃɔːɾ/

Adjective

Iranian Persian	دچار
Dari	دچار
Tajik	дучор (dučor)

دچار • (dočâr)

having encountered
faced with, facing (a difficulty)
‏‎‎ ― dočâr-e faqr šod. ― He came to face poverty.

Derived terms

دوچار شدن‎ (dočâr šodan)
دوچار کردن‎ (dočâr kardan)

Noun

دچار • (dočâr)

sudden encounter

References

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “دچار”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

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