چاه
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Persian
Alternative forms
- چه (čah)
Etymology
Akin to Sogdian (c’t /čāt/), Avestan 𐬗𐬁𐬝 (cāt̰), Khotanese (cāta), Khwarezmian (ct’), Baluchi چات (cát), etc.
Pronunciation
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- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | čāh |
| Dari reading? | čāh |
| Iranian reading? | čâh |
| Tajik reading? | čoh |
Noun
| Dari | چاه |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | чоҳ |
چاه • (čâh) (plural چاهها (čâh-hâ))
- well (a hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, oil, natural gas or other fluids)
Descendants
- → Ottoman Turkish: چاه (çah, “well; shaft; pit; dungeon”)
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “چاه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
- Gharib, B. (1995) “c’t”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 124