چاشت

See also: حاسب

Baluchi

Noun

چاشت • (cášt)

1. lunch

Khalaj

Noun

چاشت (çâşt) (definite accusative چاشتؽ, plural چاشتلار)

1. Arabic spelling of çâşt (“noon, lunch, lunchtime”)

Declension

Declension of چاشت

	singular	plural
nominative	چاشت	چاشتلار
genitive	چاشتؽݧ	چاشتلارؽݧ
dative	چاشتقا	چاشتلارقا
definite accusative	چاشتؽ	چاشتلارؽ
locative	چاشتچا	چاشتلارچا
ablative	چاشتدا	چاشتلاردا
instrumental	چاشتلا	چاشتلارلا
equative	چاشتوارا	چاشتلاروارا

Mazanderani

Noun

چاشت (čâšt)

1. lunch

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (čʾšt' /⁠čāšt⁠/, “lunch, meal”). Akin to Old Armenian ճաշ (čaš), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃɑːʃt]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɑːʃt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɑːʃt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɑːʃt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɔːʃt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɒːʃt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɔʃt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	čāšt
Dari reading?	čāšt
Iranian reading?	čâšt
Tajik reading?	čošt

Noun

Dari	چاشت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	чошт

چاشت • (čâšt)

1. meal eaten between sunrise and noon; brunch; morning meal
   • c. 1060, Nāṣir-i Khusraw, Safarnāma [Book of Travels]‎^[1]:

     به راه آبخوری و چاشت خوران به سمنان آمدم و آنجا مدتی مقام کردم و طلب اهل علم کردم.

     ba rāh ābxwarē u čāšt xwarān ba simnān āmadam u ānjā muddatē maqām kardam u talab-i ahl-i ilm kardam.

     Drinking and having a morning meal while on the road, I came to Simnān. I stayed there for a while, and looked for a man of knowledge.

Alternative forms

• چاس (čâs) (dialectal)

Derived terms

• چاشتگاه (čâštgâh)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: çeşt, çaşt
• → Baluchi: چاشت (cášt)
• → Gujarati: ચાશ્ત (cāśt)
• → Khalaj: çâşt
• → Hindustani: cāśt

  Hindi: चाश्त

  Urdu: چاشت

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “čāst”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 22

Urdu

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɑːʃt̪/
• Rhymes: -ɑːʃt̪

Noun

چاشت • (cāśt) m (Hindi spelling चाश्त)

1. breakfast

   Synonym: ناشتا (nāśtā)

2. collation
3. the middle hour between sunrise and the meridian
4. a type of prayer offered at the time of sunrise; a morning prayer