# चार
## Bhojpuri
### Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit चत्वारः (catvāraḥ), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čatwā́ras, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

### Numeral

चार (cār)
* four

## Hindi
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Hindi चारि (cāri), from Prakrit *𑀘𑀬𑀸𑀭𑀺 (*cayāri), an alteration of attested Prakrit 𑀘𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀭𑀺 (cattari), from Sanskrit चत्वारि (catvā́ri), चत्वारः (catvā́raḥ), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *ćatwā́ras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čatwā́ras, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres. Cognate with Gujarati ચાર (cār), Konkani चार (cār), Marathi चार (cār), Nepali चार (cār). 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.

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /t͡ʃɑːɾ/, [t͡ʃäːɾ]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑːɾ

### Numeral

चार • (cār) (native script symbol ४, Urdu spelling چار) (cardinal)
* four

### References

* Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 241
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cāra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 252
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “चार”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

## Konkani
### Etymology

From Maharastri Prakrit 𑀘𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸𑀭𑁄 (cattāro), from Sanskrit चत्वारः (catvā́raḥ). Cognate with Gujarati ચાર (cār), Hindi चार (cār), Marathi चार (cār), Nepali चार (cār).

### Numeral

चार • (cār) (Latin script char, Kannada script ಚಾರ್)
* four

## Marathi
### Etymology

Inherited from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀘𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸𑀭𑁄 (cattāro), from Sanskrit चत्वारः (catvā́raḥ). Cognate with Gujarati ચાર (cār), Hindi चार (cār), Konkani चार (cār), Nepali चार (cār).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ɕaɾ/
* Audio:(file)

### Numeral

चार • (cār)
* four

## Nepali
### Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit चत्वारस् (catvāras). Cognate with Gujarati ચાર (cār), Hindi चार (cār), Konkani चार (cār), Marathi चार (cār).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [t͡sär]
* Phonetic Devanagari: चार्

### Numeral

चार • (cār)
* four

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* cāra (Latin script)
* 𑀘𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
* চার (Bengali script)
* චාර (Sinhalese script)
* စာရ or ၸႃရ (Burmese script)
* จาร or จาระ (Thai script)
* ᨧᩣᩁ (Tai Tham script)
* ຈາຣ or ຈາຣະ (Lao script)
* ចារ (Khmer script)
* 𑄌𑄂𑄢 (Chakma script)

### Noun

चार m
* Devanagari script form of cāra

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* চাৰ (Assamese script)
* ᬘᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
* চার (Bengali script)
* 𑰓𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀘𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
* စာရ (Burmese script)
* ચાર (Gujarati script)
* ਚਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌚𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
* ꦕꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
* 𑂒𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
* ಚಾರ (Kannada script)
* ចារ (Khmer script)
* ຈາຣ (Lao script)
* ചാര (Malayalam script)
* ᢜᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘓𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
* ᢋᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦳𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐔𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
* ଚାର (Odia script)
* ꢗꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆖𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
* 𑖓𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
* චාර (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩡𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚏𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
* சார (Tamil script)
* చార (Telugu script)
* จาร (Thai script)
* ཙཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
* 𑒔𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨣𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From चर् (car, “to move; to practice”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /t͡ɕɑː.ɾɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈt͡ɕɑː.ɾɐ/

### Noun

चार • (cāra) stem, m
* going, motion, progression, course
* wandering about, travelling
* proceeding
* practicing

#### Descendants

* Pali: cāra

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “चार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 393, column 2.