چار

& P چار चार ćār [Prk. चƣािर=S.चत्वािर, neut. pl. of चतुर् ;—the Pers. ćāris a contrac. of ćahār, q.v.], adj. Four:—ćār abrū, s.m. A kind of dervish who shaves his eye-brows and whiskers:—ćār abrū-kā ṣafāya, s.m. Shaving of the eye-brows and whiskers; shaving of the head, eye-brows, moustache, and beard:—ćār ādmī, s.m. 'Four people'; people (in general); a jury of arbitrators:—ćār aṅkheṅ, s.f. 'Four eyes;' the meeting of the eyes of two people; meeting, interview (=ćār ćashm):—ćār uṅgal, s.m. The breadth of four fingers; a measure equal to that breadth; a palm; a gira, or two and a half inches:—ćār uṅglī, s.f. The hand's breadth:—ćār ā`īna, s.m. A kind of armour (it is so called from four plates of steel which are fixed on the breast):—ćār bālish, s.m. A kind of large cushion (on which the great sit or recline); a throne; a couch, sofa:—ćār bāṅg, adj. Sensible, intelligent; quick, alert:—ćār band, s.m. 'Four fastenings'; joints, members, limbs:—ćār bīsī, s.f. Fourscore:—ćār pā, s.m.=ćār pāya, q.v.:—ćār pāra, adj. Divided into four, four-pieced, four square, in four parts:—ćār-pāya, s.m. 'Four-footed'; a quadruped:—ćār-pā`ī, s.f. A bedstead, a bed; a litter for carrying the sick;—ćār-pā`ī-par paṛnā, v.n. To take to (one's) bed; to become sick, be confined to (one's) bed:—ćār path, s.m. A crossing of two roads, a quadrivium:—ćāri pad, s.m. The four feet of religion, viz. truth, purity, beneficence, and mercy:—ćār-tār, ćārtāra, s.m. lit. 'Having four strings'; a lute with four strings:—ćār tuḵẖm, s.m. A mixture of four kinds of seeds (tuḵẖm-ě-raiḥān, isbag̠ol, bālanga, and ḵẖurfa) used as a cure for dysentery:—ćār tag, s.f. Full gallop;—adv. At full gallop:—ćār ṭūk, adj. Broken (into four pieces):—ćār-jāma, s.m. A kind of saddle made of cloth (lit.of four folds) and without a tree:—ćār ćāle, s.m. The going (and returning) of the bride and bridegroom to their respective homes four times in the month after marriage:—ćār ćashm, s.f.=ćār āṅkheṅ, q.v.;—adj. Faithless, inconstant (=totā-ćashm):—ćār ćand, adj. Fourfold, four times (as much), quadruple:—ćār ḥarf, 'Four letters' (of execration); abuse:—ćār-ḵẖāna, adj. & s.m. Chequered, checked;—chequered cloth; checked muslin; cloth ornamented with squares; tripe (of a ruminant):—ćār-dāṅt, s.m. lit. 'Four teeth'; a four-year old (=ćār-sāl):—ćār-dāṅg, s.m. The four quarters of the globe:—ćār din, s.m. lit. 'Four days,' a few days (e.g. ćār din-kīzindagīhai):—ćār-din-kā, adj. For a few days, temporary, fleeting, transient:—ćār-dīwārī, s.f. A courtyard, enclosure, area; a wall round a town, ramparts;—ćār-dīhāt, s.m. An estate formed of the land belonging to four villages:—ćār-zānū, s.m. A mode of sitting (like that of a tailor at work);—ćār-zānūbaiṭhnā, v.n. To squat, to sit cross-legged:—ćār-sāl, s.m. A four-year old (horse):—ćār-sū, s.m. A crossroad, two roads crossing each other; a square or court;—adv. On all sides, all round:—ćārshāna, adj. Tough, hardy, lusty:—ćār-shamba, s.m. Wednesday:—ćār-ẓarb, adj. Sensible, intelligent, shrewd (a slave):—ćār t̤araf, adv. On all sides, all round, everywhere:—ćār-qab, s.m. An article of dress so called, a kind of vest;—a kind of mirror;—ćār kāg̠aẕ, s.m. The proceedings in a law-suit, viz. the plaint, defence, replication, and rejoinder:—ćār-konī, s.f. A square, a quadrangle;—ćār-konī-kī ćārolī, s.f. The kernel of the Chironjia sapidaor Buchanania latifolia:—ćār-khūṅṭ, s.m. The four quarters of the globe, the whole world (=ćār-dāṅg):—ćār-gunā, adj. Fourfold, four times;—ćār-mag̠z, s.m. A walnut;—an earthen ball with which children play:—ćārnaz̤ar, ćār-naz̤areṅ, s.f.=ćār-ćashm; ćār-āṅkheṅ, q.v.:—ćāroṅ, adj. The four, the whole four, all four:—ćāroṅavasthā, s.f.=ćāroṅdaśā, q.v.:—ćāroṅ āśram, s.m. The four religious orders among Hindūs:—ćāroṅpadārth, s.m. The four chief things, viz. arth, dharm, kām, andmoksh:—ćāroṅjug, s.m. The four yugasor epochs of the world, viz. the Satyaor Krita, Treta, Dwāpar, and Kālī:—ćāroṅ-ćūl barābar, adv. All square:—ćāroṅḵẖāne ćit, adv.=ćāroṅshāne ćit, q.v.:—ćāroṅdaśā, s.f. The four states ofman; the four states of a student of the Vedāntaphilosophy, viz.waking, sleeping, unconsciousness, and absorption into the one universal spirit of Brahma:—ćāroṅdiśā, adv. On all sides, all round, everywhere:—ćāroṅshāne ćit, adv. At full length, on the back, sprawling:—ćāroṅt̤araf, adv.=ćāroṅdiśā, ćāroṅor, qq.v.:—ćāroṅqul, Four verses of the Qǒr`ān (used as a charm):—ćāroṅor, adv. On all four sides, all around, in all directions:—ćāroṅvarṇ, s.m. The four chief castes among the Hindūs:—ćāroṅved, s.m. The four Vedas:—ćār-yār, s.m. The four successors of Mohammad, viz. Abū-bakr, Omar, Osmān, and `Alī:—ćār-yārī, s.m. A sect of Musalmānswho venerate equally the four successors of Mohammad (the term is applied by the Shī`asto the Sunnīs):—ćār-yārī-kārupayā, s.m. A square silver coin (used as a charm to discover a thief):—ćār-yak, ćār-ek, s.m. One part out of four, a fourth part.