Four in Hindi
Meaning, Devanagari spelling and pronunciation
The meaning of “four” in Hindi is चार, pronounced char — it is a n/det. Copy the Devanagari word above, hear how it is pronounced, and use it anywhere. To type words like this yourself, try our Hindi typing tool, or explore more words in the vocabulary sets.
a playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows four pips
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres
Proto-Indo-Iranian *čatwā́ras
Sanskrit च॒त्वारः॑ (catvā́raḥ)
Prakrit चत्तारि (cattāri)
Proto-New Indo-Aryan *चयारि (cayāri)
Old Hindi चारि (cāri)
Hindi चार
Inherited from Old Hindi चारि (cāri), from Proto-New Indo-Aryan *चयारि (cayāri), an alteration of attested Prakrit चत्तारि (cattāri), चत्तारो (cattāro), from Sanskrit चत्वारि (catvā́ri), चत्वारः (catvā́raḥ), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *ćatwā́ras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čatwā́ras, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.
The alteration in Prakrit was probably based off the Sanskrit accusative चतुरः (caturaḥ) without a consonant cluster where intervocalic t > y is expected, but could also be an abnormal numeral phonological development.
Cognate with Gujarati ચાર (cār), Konkani चार (cār), Marathi चार (cār), Nepali चार (cār), and distantly English four.
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Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres
Proto-Indo-Iranian *čatwā́ras
Sanskrit च॒त्वारः॑ (catvā́raḥ)
Prakrit चत्तारि (cattāri)
Proto-New Indo-Aryan *चयारि (cayāri)
Old Hindi चारि (cāri)
Hindi चार
Inherited from Old Hindi चारि (cāri), from Proto-New Indo-Aryan *चयारि (cayāri), an alteration of attested Prakrit चत्तारि (cattāri), चत्तारो (cattāro), from Sanskrit चत्वारि (catvā́ri), चत्वारः (catvā́raḥ), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *ćatwā́ras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čatwā́ras, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.
The alteration in Prakrit was probably based off the Sanskrit accusative चतुरः (caturaḥ) without a consonant cluster where intervocalic t > y is expected, but could also be an abnormal numeral phonological development.
Cognate with Gujarati ચાર (cār), Konkani चार (cār), Marathi चार (cār), Nepali चार (cār), and distantly English four.
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