چه
Ottoman Turkish
editEtymology
editFrom French Tchèque, from Czech Čech.
Proper noun
editچه • (çeh)
Descendants
edit- Turkish: Çek
References
edit- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “چه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 482
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 741
Persian
editEtymology 1
editCompare چی (či).
Alternative forms
edit- چی (či, chiefly colloquial)
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [t͡ʃi]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰe]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰi]
Readings | |
---|---|
Classical reading? | či |
Dari reading? | čī, čē, či |
Iranian reading? | če |
Tajik reading? | či |
- Rhymes: (Iran) -e, (Classical Persian) -i
Pronoun
editDari | چه, چی |
---|---|
Iranian Persian | چی, چه |
Tajik | чи |
- (interrogative) what?
- چه دارید؟
- če dârid?
- What do you have?
Determiner
editDari | چه, چی |
---|---|
Iranian Persian | چی, چه |
Tajik | чи |
چه • (če)
- (before a definite noun) what sort of...
- (before an indefinite noun) what...
- چه کتابی پیدا کردی؟
- če ketâbi peydâ kardi?
- What book did you find?
- (before an indefinite noun) what a... (exclamatory)
- بهبه! چه کتابی!
- bah bah! če ketâbi!
- Wow! What a book!
Adverb
editDari | چه, چی |
---|---|
Iranian Persian | چی, چه |
Tajik | чи |
چه • (če)
- (before an adjective) how (exclamatory)
- شهر اصفهان چه زیباست!
- šahr-e esfahân če zibâ-st!
- How beautiful the city of Isfahan is!
Conjunction
editچه • (če)
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [t͡ʃah]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰæʱ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰäʱ]
Readings | |
---|---|
Classical reading? | čah |
Dari reading? | čah |
Iranian reading? | čah |
Tajik reading? | čah |
Noun
editDari | چه |
---|---|
Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | чаҳ |
چه • (čah)
Southwestern Fars
editNoun
editچه (ča)
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- Rhymes:Persian/i/1 syllable
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