چتر
Pashto edit
Noun edit
چتر • (čátər) m
Persian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Sanskrit छत्त्र (chattra).[1] Doublet of چادر (čâdor) and چتری (čatri).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [t͡ʃatɾ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰæt̪ɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰät̪ɾ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | čatr |
Dari reading? | čatr |
Iranian reading? | čatr |
Tajik reading? | čatr |
Audio (Iran): (file)
Noun edit
Dari | چتر |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | чатр |
چتر • (čatr)
- umbrella, parasol
- c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 255”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ][2]:
- گر بهار عمر باشد باز بر تخت چمن
چتر گل در سر کشی ای مرغ خوشخوان غم مخور- gar bahār-i umr bāšad bāz bar taxt-i čaman
čatr-i gul dar sar kašī ay murğ-i xwašxwān ğam ma-xwar - When the springtime of life is once more upon the meadow's throne,
The rose's royal parasol will be over your head: sweet-singing bird, do not grieve!
- gar bahār-i umr bāšad bāz bar taxt-i čaman