چپه

Persian

Etymology

From چپ (čap, “left”) +‎ ـه (-a / -e, nominal suffix)

Pronunciation

Readings
Dari reading? čapa
Iranian reading? čappe
Tajik reading? čappa, čapa

Adjective

چپه • (čappa / čappe) (Tajik spelling чаппа, or чапа)

  1. left-handed (using one's left hand)
  2. (colloquial) referring to position, side, or orientation: wrong, incorrect
    1. upside down (inverted, with the bottom above the top)
    2. inside out (with the inner and outer surfaces reversed)

Noun

چپه • (čappa / čappe) (Tajik spelling чаппа)

  1. left-handed (person)

Derived terms

adjectives and nouns
  • سر چپه (sar čappa / sar čappe, “head over heals”)
verbs
  • چپه شدن (čappa šudan / čappe šodan)
  • چپه کردن (čappa kardan / čappe kardan)

Further reading

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