چه

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See also: جھ, چہ, جه, and ـچه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From French Tchèque, from Czech Čech.

Proper noun

چه • (çeh)

  1. Bohemia
  2. Bohemian; Czech

Descendants

  • Turkish: Çek

References

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian 𐭰𐭩 (čē, “what; because”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis.

Alternative forms

  • چی (či, chiefly colloquial)

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? či
Dari reading? čī, čē, či
Iranian reading? če
Tajik reading? či
  • Rhymes: -e

Pronoun

Dari چه, چی
Iranian Persian چی, چه
Tajik чи

چه • (če) (plural چه‌ها)

  1. (interrogative) what?
    چه دارید؟
    če dârid?
    What do you have?

Determiner

Dari چه, چی
Iranian Persian چی, چه
Tajik чи

چه • (če)

  1. (before a definite noun) what sort of...
  2. (before an indefinite noun) what...
    چه کتابی پیدا کردی؟
    če ketâbi peydâ kardi?
    What book did you find?
  3. (before an indefinite noun) what a... (exclamatory)
    به‌به! چه کتابی!
    bah bah! če ketâbi!
    Wow! What a book!

Adverb

Dari چه, چی
Iranian Persian چی, چه
Tajik чи

چه • (če)

  1. (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)

  1. (rare) because
    Synonym: چون (čun)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? ča
Dari reading? ča
Iranian reading? če
Tajik reading? ča
  • Rhymes: -e

Suffix

Dari ـچه
Iranian Persian
Tajik -ча

ـچه • (-če)

  1. Suffix which forms the diminutive.
Derived terms
Persian terms suffixed with چه

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? čah
Dari reading? čah
Iranian reading? čah
Tajik reading? čah

Noun

Dari چه
Iranian Persian
Tajik чаҳ

چه • (čah)

  2. Alternative form of چاه (čâh, “well”)

Southwestern Fars

Noun

چه (ča)

  1. (Masarm, Deh Sarv, Kuzarg) well, hole
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