دچار

Persian

Alternative forms

دوچار (ducar)

Etymology

(duš, “bad”) +‎ (yār, “year”), from Old Persian: 𐎯𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐎶 (dušiyāram, “bad year, drought, ill-crop”), from Avestan: 𐬛𐬎𐬲𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀 (dužiiāⁱriia, “bad year, drought, harvest bringing bad seasons”), from ⇒ Proto-Iranian: *dušyārah (“bad year, drought”)

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /du.ˈt͡ʃaːɾ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ʊ.t͡ʃʰɑ́ːɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ʊ.t͡ʃʰɑ́ːɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪u.t͡ʃʰɔ́ːɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪o.t͡ʃʰɒ́ːɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪u.t͡ʃʰɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	dučār
Dari reading^?	dučār
Iranian reading^?	dočâr
Tajik reading^?	dučor

Antonyms

هویار (huyār)

Avestan: 𐬵𐬎𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀 (huiiāⁱriia, “good year, non-drought year, harvest bringing good seasons”), from ⇒ Proto-Iranian: *Hhuyārah (“good year, non-drought year”) (+ *Hhu-)

Adjective


Iranian Persian	دچار
Dari	دچار
Tajik	дучор

دچار • (dočâr)

having encountered, encountering (a problem)
- early 11th century, Farrukhī Sīstānī, “Panegyric 7”, in دیوان فرخی:
  هر که با تو بجنگ گشت دچار
  با ظفر نزد او یکیست هرب
  har ki bā tu ba jang gašt dučār
  bā zafar nazd-i ō yakē-st harab
  For whoever encounters you on the battlefield,
  Triumph is, for him, the same thing as flight [i.e. he will die if he does not flee].
  (Classical romanization)
faced with, facing (a difficulty)
― dočâr-e faqr šod. ― He came to face poverty.

Derived terms

دوچار شدن (dočâr šodan)
دوچار کردن (dočâr kardan)

Noun