ریچار

Persian

Alternative forms

ریچال (rēčāl), لیچار (lēčār), لیچال (lēčāl)

Etymology

From a Middle Persian compound term the constituents of which are equivalent to Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬚𐬎𐬎𐬀 (raēθuua, “mélange”) and Persian (âčâr, “pickle”) or its second part Persian (čâr, “means, remedy”), Avestan 𐬗𐬁𐬭𐬁 (cārā, “means, remedy”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɾeː.t͡ʃɑːɾ]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [reː.t͡ʃʰɑːɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [reː.t͡ʃʰɑːɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [reː.t͡ʃʰɔːɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹiː.t͡ʃʰɒːɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɾe.t͡ʃʰɔɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	rēčār
Dari reading^?	rēčār
Iranian reading^?	ričâr
Tajik reading^?	rečor

Noun

ریچار • (ričâr)

preserve, confiture, jam
inattentive words, slanderous speech, trash talk

Derived terms

لچر (lačar, adjective)

References

ʿAmīd, Ḥasan (1985) “ریچار”, in Farhang-e Fārsī-e ʿAmīd (in Persian), Tehrān: Amīrkabīr
Monchi-Zadeh, Davoud (1990) Wörter aus Xurāsān und ihre Herkunft (Acta Iranica; 29)‎ (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 112–113 Nr. 330
Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “ریچار”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎ (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 88

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