چریک

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from a Turkic language, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *čerig, now an Inner Asian wanderwort. Compare Turkish çeri (“soldier”), Kyrgyz черик (çerik, “soldier”), Mongolian цэрэг (cereg, “soldier”), Hungarian sereg (“army”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiɾiːk~t͡ʃaɾiːk/

(Dari): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɪɾiːk~t͡ʃaɾiːk/

(Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeɾiːk~t͡ʃæɾiːk/
(Tajik): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiɾik~t͡ʃaɾik/

Noun

چریک • (čerik)

guerrilla; irregular soldier
Synonym: پارتیزان‎ (pârtizân)

‏‎ ― čerik--hâ-ye komonist ― Communist guerrillas
(historical) auxiliary soldier (in the Mongol armies, etc.)

Derived terms

چریکی‎ (čeriki)

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