چهار

See also: جهار‎, جهاز‎, and جہاز‎

Persian

Persian numbers ^(edit)

	40
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Cardinal: چهار (čahâr)     Ordinal: چهارم‎ (čahârom)

Alternative forms

• چار‎ (čâr)

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭰𐭤𐭥‎ (chʿ /čahâr/), from Proto-Iranian *čaθwā́rah (compare Central Kurdish چوار‎ (çwar, çiwar), Ossetian цыппар (cyppar), Avestan 𐬗𐬀𐬚𐬡𐬁𐬭𐬋‎ (caθβārō)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čatwā́ras (compare Sanskrit चतुर् (catur)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres (compare Armenian չորս (čʿors), Lithuanian keturi, Latin quattuor, English four).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃahɑːɾ/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃahɒːɾ/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃæhɒːɾ/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃahɔːɾ/

Numeral

Dari	چهار
Iranian Persian
Tajik	чор, чаҳор (čor, čahor)

چهار • (čahar) (Persian numeral ۴‎)

1. four

   Synonym: ۴‎ (4)