چریک

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃi.ɾiːk], [t͡ʃa.ɾiːk]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɪ.ɾiːk], [t͡ʃʰä.ɾiːk]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɪ.ɾiːk], [t͡ʃʰä.ɾiːk]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɪ.ɾiːk], [t͡ʃʰä.ɾiːk]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰi.ɾik], [t͡ʃʰä.ɾik]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰe.ɹiːkʲ], [t͡ʃʰæ.ɹiːkʲ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰi.ɾik], [t͡ʃʰä.ɾik]

Readings
Classical reading?	čirīk, čarīk
Dari reading?	čirīk, čarīk
Iranian reading?	čerik, čarik
Tajik reading?	čirik, čarik

Noun

چریک • (čerik)

1. guerrilla; irregular soldier

   Synonym: پارتیزان (pârtizân)

   چریک‌های کمونیست ― čerik-hâ-ye komonist ― Communist guerrillas

2. (historical) auxiliary soldier (in the Mongol armies, etc.)

Derived terms

• چریکی (čeriki)