چر

See also: چڑ, جر, جز, حر, خر, خز, and جڑ

Pahari-Potwari

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀘𑀺𑀭 (cira), ultimately from Sanskrit चिर (cira).

Noun

چِر (chir)

1. time

Persian

Etymology 1

Compare چرا (čerâ).

Adverb

چر • (čer)

1. (dialectal, Shiraz) why

Etymology 2

Verb

چر • (čar)

1. present stem form of چریدن (čaridan)

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀘𑀺𑀭 (cira), from Sanskrit चिर (cirá).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɪɾᵊ/

Noun

چِر • (cir) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਚਿਰ)

1. time (ie. a period of time; space of time)

   Synonyms: دیر (der), وَقَت (vaqat)

   • 1994, سَلِیم خان گِمّی [salīm xān gimmī], تُرْدے پَیر [turde pair, Walking Feet], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 116:

     کجھ چر بعد منگل نے بدھ نوں کریانے دی نکی جیہی دکان پا دتی۔

     kujjh cir baʻd maṉgal ne buddh nūṉ kariyāne dī nikkī jehī dukāṇ pā dittī.

     After some time, Mangal opened a small grocery shop for Buddh.

2. (in compounds) delay; lateness

Declension

Declension of چر

	singular	plural
direct	چِر (cir)	چِراں (cirāṉ)
oblique	چِر (cir)	چِراں (cirāṉ)
vocative	چِرے (cire)	چِرو (ciro)
ablative	چِروں (ciroṉ)	چِراں (cirāṉ)
locative	چِری (cirī)	چِرِیں (cirīṉ)
instrumental	چِرِیں (cirīṉ)	چِرے (cire)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “چِر”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “چر”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “ਚਿਰ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cirá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 262