چهارباغ
See also: چهار باغ
Persian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom چهار (čahâr, “four”) + باغ (bâğ, “garden”), literally “four gardens”.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [t͡ʃa.hɑːɾ.bɑːɣ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰæ.ɦɒːɹ.bɒːɢ̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰä.ɦɔɾ.bɔʁ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | čahārbāğ |
Dari reading? | čahārbāğ |
Iranian reading? | čahârbâğ |
Tajik reading? | čahorboġ |
Noun
editDari | چهارباغ |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | чаҳорбоғ |
چهارباغ • (čahârbâğ)
- chaharbagh (a traditional square-shaped layout of Persian gardens comprising four square gardens separated by waterways, together representing the four gardens and four rivers of Paradise)
Descendants
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Proper noun
editDari | چهارباغ |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | Чаҳорбоғ |
چهارباغ • (čahârbâğ)
- Ellipsis of خیابان چهارباغ (xiyâbân-e čahârbâğ, “Chaharbagh Avenue”); the Chaharbagh, Isfahan, so named because Shah Abbas the Great had bought four vineyards in the city to secure the right-of-way[1]
- a toponym:
- Chaharbagh (a city in Alborz, Iran)
- Chaharbagh (a district of Alborz, Iran)
Descendants
editDescendants
- → Azerbaijani: Çaharbağ
References
edit- ^ “ČAHĀRBĀḠ-E EṢFAHĀN”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, 1990