چهارباغ
See also: چهار باغ
Persian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From چهار (čahâr, “four”) + باغ (bâğ, “garden”), literally “four gardens”.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [t͡ʃa.hɑːɾ.bɑːɣ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰæ.ɦɒːɹ.bɒːɢ̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰä.ɦɔɾ.bɔʁ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | čahārbāğ |
Dari reading? | čahārbāğ |
Iranian reading? | čahârbâğ |
Tajik reading? | čahorboġ |
Noun edit
Dari | چهارباغ |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | чаҳорбоғ |
چهارباغ • (čahârbâğ)
- chaharbagh (a traditional square-shaped layout of Persian gardens comprising four square gardens separated by waterways, together representing the four gardens and four rivers of Paradise)
Descendants edit
Descendants of چهارباغ in other languages
Proper noun edit
Dari | چهارباغ |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | Чаҳорбоғ |
چهارباغ • (čahârbâğ)
- Ellipsis of خیابان چهارباغ (xiyâbân-e čahârbâğ, “Chaharbagh Avenue”); the Chaharbagh, Isfahan, so named because Shah Abbas the Great had bought four vineyards in the city to secure the right-of-way[1]
- a toponym:
- Chaharbagh (a city in Alborz, Iran)
- Chaharbagh (a district of Alborz, Iran)
Descendants edit
Descendants of چهارباغ in other languages
- → Azerbaijani: Çaharbağ
References edit
- ^ “ČAHĀRBĀḠ-E EṢFAHĀN”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, 1990