چقدر

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Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From چه (če, what) +‎ قدر (qadr, amount).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? čiqaḏr
Dari reading? čiqadr
Iranian reading? čeğadr
Tajik reading? čiqadar

Adverb

چقدر (čeqadr)

Dari چقدر
Iranian Persian
Tajik чӣ қадар
  1. (interrogative, of quantities) how much
    • 2018, “چقدر قهوه بخوریم تا بیشتر زنده بمانیم؟”, in isna.ir, Iranian Students News Agency:
      چقدر قهوه بخوریم تا بیشتر زنده بمانیم؟
      čeqadr qahve bo-xorim tâ bištar zende be-mânim?
      How much coffee should we drink in order to stay alive longer?

Derived terms

See also

  • چند (čand, how many, how much)

References

  1. ^ Ela Filippone (2011) “The Language of the Qorʾān-e Qods and its Sistanic Dialectal Background”, in M. Maggi, P. Orsatti, editors, The Persian Language in History, Wiesbaden: Reichert, pages 179-235:
    Birǰ. also has qazar for qadar ‘divine decree’, čeqazar for čeqadr ‘how much’, which reminds Mašh. eqezer ‘so much’ (= Standard Prs. in qadr). Mašh. bezem, bezet, bezeš, etc. for ‘to me, to you, to him/­her, etc.’ (= Prs. be man, be to, be u) have also been interpreted as from pad + suffix with z < d.