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Persian
Etymology 1
From Middle Persian ME lʾd (čim rāy, “why”), from Proto-Iranian *čim (“what”) + *rādi- (“reason, thing”), literally, “what reason”. The former is from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kím ~ čím, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷím (“what”), while the latter is a lexicalization of the locative singular of Proto-Iranian *rād-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HraHdʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₁dʰ- (“to think, arrange, accomplish”).
Pronunciation
| Readings
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| Classical reading?
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čirā
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| Dari reading?
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čurā
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| Iranian reading?
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čerâ
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| Tajik reading?
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čaro
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Adverb
| Dari
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چرا
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| Iranian Persian
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| Tajik
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чаро
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چرا • (čerâ)
- why
چرا رفتی شیراز؟- čerâ rafti širâz?
- Why did you go to Shiraz?
Synonyms
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Ellipsis of چرا که نه؟ (čerâ ke na?, “why not?”).
Interjection
چرا • (čerâ)
- (definite positive response to a negative question or statement) yes; surely
Etymology 3
Nominal formation from چریدن (čaridan, “to graze, pasture”).
Noun
چرا • (čarâ)
- pasturing, grazing
References
- ^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 22
- ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 203
- ^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2020) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 6, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 451; 456
- ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 227-8