چهارباغ

See also: چهار باغ

Persian

Alternative forms
  • چهار باغ (čahâr bâğ), چارباغ (čârbâğ)

Etymology

From چهار (čahâr, “four”) +‎ باغ (bâğ, “garden”), literally “four gardens”.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰä.ɦɑːɾ.bɑːɣ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰɑːɑːɾ.bɑːɣ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰɔːɔːɾ.bɔːɣ]

Readings
Classical reading? čahārbāğ
Dari reading? čahārbāğ
Iranian reading? čahârbâğ
Tajik reading? čahorboġ

Noun
Dari چهارباغ
Iranian Persian
Tajik чаҳорбоғ

چهارباغ • (čahârbâğ)

  1. 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
Descendants of چهارباغ in other languages
  • → Azerbaijani: çarbağ
  • → Chagatai: چهارباغ
    • Uzbek: chahorbogʻ
  • → Chagatai: چارباغ
    • Uzbek: chorbogʻ
  • → Hindustani:
    • Urdu: چارْباغ (cārbāġ)
  • → Kazakh: шарбақ (şarbaq)
  • → Punjabi:
    • Shahmukhi script: چارْباغ (cārbāġ)
  • → Turkmen: çarbag

Proper noun
Dari چهارباغ
Iranian Persian
Tajik Чаҳорбоғ

چهارباغ • (čahârbâğ)

  1. 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]
  2. a toponym:
    1. Chaharbagh (a city in Alborz, Iran)
    2. Chaharbagh (a district of Alborz, Iran)

Descendants
Descendants of چهارباغ in other languages
  • → Azerbaijani: Çaharbağ

References
  1. “ČAHĀRBĀḠ-E EṢFAHĀN”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, 1990
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