چه
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Proper noun
چه • (çeh)
Derived terms
- چهستان (çehistan, “Czechia”)
Descendants
- Turkish: (dated) Çeh
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “چه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 482
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 741
Persian
Etymology 1
Compare چی (či).
Alternative forms
- چی (či, chiefly colloquial)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃi/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰiː], [t͡ʃʰeː], [t͡ʃʰɪ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰe]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰi]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | či |
| Dari reading? | čī, čē, či |
| Iranian reading? | če |
| Tajik reading? | či |
- Rhymes: (Iran) -e, (Classical Persian) -i
Pronoun
چه • (če) (plural چهها)
- (interrogative) what?
- چه دارید؟
- če dârid?
- What do you have?
Determiner
چه • (če)
- (before a definite noun) what sort of...
- (before an indefinite noun) what...
- چه کتابی پیدا کردی؟
- če ketâbi peydâ kardi?
- What book did you find?
- (before an indefinite noun) what a... (exclamatory)
- بهبه! چه کتابی!
- bah bah! če ketâbi!
- Wow! What a book!
Adverb
چه • (če)
- (before an adjective) how (exclamatory)
- شهر اصفهان چه زیباست!
- šahr-e esfahân če zibâ-st!
- How beautiful the city of Isfahan is!
Conjunction
چه • (če)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃah/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰäʱ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰæʱ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰäʱ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | čah |
| Dari reading? | čah |
| Iranian reading? | čah |
| Tajik reading? | čah |
Noun
| Dari | چه |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | чаҳ |
چه • (čah)
Southwestern Fars
Noun
چه (ča)