چهار

See also: جهار, جهاز, and جہاز

Persian

**Persian numbers ^(edit)**
	40
← 3	۴ 4	5 →
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 (čʻors), Lithuanian keturi, Latin quattuor, English four).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃa.hɑːɾ]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰä.ɦɑːɾ], [t͡ʃʰe̞.ɦɑːɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɑːɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɔːɔːɾ], [t͡ʃʰi.jɔːɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰæ.ɦɒːɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰä.ɦɔɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	čahār
Dari reading^?	čahār, čehār
Iranian reading^?	čahâr
Tajik reading^?	čahor

Numeral


Iranian Persian	چهار
Dari	چهار
Tajik	чор, чаҳор

چهار • (čahâr) (Persian numeral ۴)

four
Synonym: ۴ (4)

Derived terms

چهارباغ (čahârbâğ)
چهارشنبه (čahâršanbe)

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