چکاد

See also: چكاد

Persian

Alternative forms

• چکاده (čakâde, čekâde)
• چکاذ (čakâz)

Etymology

Akin to Old Armenian ճակատ (čakat, “forehead”), an Iranian borrowing. Note also Lithuanian kaktà (“forehead, brow”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian, Dari) IPA^(key): [tʃæˈkɒːd]
• (Iran) IPA^(key): [tʃeˈkɒːd]

Noun

چکاد • (čakâd, čekâd)

1. top, crown of the head
2. summit of a mountain
3. top of the forehead
4. shield

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “چکاد”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul