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.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [du.ˈt͡ʃɑːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ʊ.t͡ʃʰɑ́ːɾ]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪o.t͡ʃʰɒ́ːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪u.t͡ʃʰɔ́ɾ]

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