See also: ـچه, جھ, چہ, and جه

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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From French Tchèque, from Czech Čech.

Proper noun

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چه (çeh)

  1. Bohemia
  2. Bohemian; Czech

Descendants

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  • Turkish: Çek

References

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Persian

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Etymology 1

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Compare چی (či).

Alternative forms

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  • چی (či, chiefly colloquial)

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? či
Dari reading? čī, čē, či
Iranian reading? če
Tajik reading? či

Pronoun

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Dari چه, چی
Iranian Persian چی, چه
Tajik чи

چه (če) (plural چه‌ها)

  1. (interrogative) what?
    چه دارید؟
    če dârid?
    What do you have?

Determiner

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Dari چه, چی
Iranian Persian چی, چه
Tajik чи

چه (če)

  1. (before a definite noun) what sort of...
  2. (before an indefinite noun) what...
    چه کتابی پیدا کردی؟
    če ketâbi peydâ kardi?
    What book did you find?
  3. (before an indefinite noun) what a... (exclamatory)
    به‌به! چه کتابی!
    bah bah! če ketâbi!
    Wow! What a book!

Adverb

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Dari چه, چی
Iranian Persian چی, چه
Tajik чи

چه (če)

  1. (before an adjective) how (exclamatory)
    شهر اصفهان چه زیباست!
    šahr-e esfahân če zibâ-st!
    How beautiful the city of Isfahan is!

Conjunction

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چه (če)

  1. (rare) because
    Synonym: چون (čun)

Derived terms

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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? čah
Dari reading? čah
Iranian reading? čah
Tajik reading? čah

Noun

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Dari چه
Iranian Persian
Tajik чаҳ

چه (čah)

  1. Alternative form of چاه (čâh, well)

Southwestern Fars

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Noun

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چه (ča)

  1. (Masarm, Deh Sarv, Kuzarg) well, hole