چقدر

Persian

Alternative forms

  • چه قدر (če qadr) (alternative spelling)
  • چقد (čeqad) (colloquial)

Etymology

چه (če, what) + قدر (qadr, amount).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰɪ.qǽd̪ɾ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰɪ.qä.d̪ǽ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰi.qä.d̪ǽ]

Readings
Classical reading? čiqaḏr
Dari reading? čiqadr
Iranian reading? čeğadr
Tajik reading? čiqadr

Adverb

چقدر • (čeqadr)

Dari چقدر
Iranian Persian
Tajik чӣ қадар
  1. (interrogative, of quantities) how much
    • 2018, “چقدر قهوه بخوریم تا بیشتر زنده بمانیم؟”, in isna.ir, Iranian Students News Agency:
      چقدر قهوه بخوریم تا بیشتر زنده بمانیم؟
      čeqadr qahve bo-xorim tâ bištar zende be-mânim?
      How much coffee should we drink in order to stay alive longer?

Derived terms

  • هرچقدر (har-čeqadr)

See also

  • چند (čand, how many, how much)
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