دچار

Persian

Alternative forms
  • دو چار (do-čâr), دو چهار (do-čahâr)

Etymology

دو (do, “two”) +‎ چار (čâr, “four”), apparently because two eyes become four when two people meet.[1]

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d̪ʊ.t͡ʃʰɑ́ːɾ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [d̪ʊ.t͡ʃʰɑ́ːɾ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [d̪u.t͡ʃʰɔ́ːɾ]

Readings
Classical reading? dučār
Dari reading? dučār
Iranian reading? dočâr
Tajik reading? dučor

Adjective
Dari دچار
Iranian Persian
Tajik дучор

دچار • (dočâr)

  1. having encountered, encountering
    • early 11th century, Farrukhī Sīstānī, “Panegyric 7”, in دیوان فرخی:
      هر که با تو بجنگ گشت دچار
      با ظفر نزد او یکیست هرب
      har ki bā tu ba jang gašt dučār
      bā zafar nazd-i ō yakē-st harab
      For whoever encounters you on the battlefield,
      Triumph is, for him, the same thing as flight [i.e. he will die if he does not flee].
      (Classical romanization)
  2. faced with, facing (a difficulty)
    دچار فقر شد. ― dočâr-e faqr šod. ― He came to face poverty.

Derived terms
  • دوچار شدن (dočâr šodan)
  • دوچار کردن (dočâr kardan)

Noun

دچار • (dočâr)

  1. sudden encounter

References
  1. Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “دچار”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
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