چهارباغ

See also: چهار باغ

Persian

Alternative forms

  • چهار باغ (čahâr bâġ), چارباغ (čârbâġ)

Etymology

From چهار (čahâr, four) +‎ باغ (bâġ, 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? čahārbāġ
Dari reading? čahārbāġ
Iranian reading? čahârbâġ
Tajik reading? čahorboġ

Noun

Dari چهارباغ
Iranian Persian
Tajik чаҳорбоғ

چهارباغ • (čahârbâġ)

  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

Proper noun

Dari چهارباغ
Iranian Persian
Tajik Чаҳорбоғ

چهارباغ • (čahârbâġ)

  1. ellipsis of خیابان چهارباغ (xiyâbân-e čahârbâġ, 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 Province, Iran)
    2. Chaharbagh (a district of Alborz Province, Iran)

Descendants

References

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