# चर्
## Nepali
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [t͡sʌr]
* Phonetic Devanagari: चर्

### Verb

चर् • (car)
* inflection of चर्नु (carnu):
** stem
** low-respectful second-person singular imperative

## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* चल् (cal)

### Alternative scripts

* চৰ্ (Assamese script)
* ᬘᬃ (Balinese script)
* চর্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰓𑰨𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀘𑀭𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* စရ် (Burmese script)
* ચર્ (Gujarati script)
* ਚਰ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌚𑌰𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦕꦂ (Javanese script)
* 𑂒𑂩𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ಚರ್ (Kannada script)
* ចរ៑ (Khmer script)
* ຈຣ຺ (Lao script)
* ചര് (Malayalam script)
* ᢜᠠᡵ (Manchu script)
* 𑘓𑘨𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᢋᠠᠷ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦳𑧈𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐔𑐬𑑂 (Newa script)
* ଚର୍ (Odia script)
* ꢗꢬ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆖𑆫𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖓𑖨𑖿 (Siddham script)
* චර් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩡𑩼 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚏𑚤𑚶 (Takri script)
* சர் (Tamil script)
* చర్ (Telugu script)
* จรฺ (Thai script)
* ཙ་ར྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒔𑒩𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨣𑨫𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- (“to move; to turn (around)”). Cognates include Ancient Greek πέλω (pélō), Latin colō and Avestan 𐬗𐬀𐬭𐬁𐬥𐬍 (carānī, “I move, approach”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /t͡ɕɐɾ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /t͡ɕɐɾ/

### Root

चर् • (car)
* to move
* to practise

#### Derived terms
##### Primary Verbal Forms

* चरति (cárati, Present)
* चरिष्यति (cariṣyáti, Future)
* चरिता (caritā́, Periphrastic Future)
* अचारीत् (ácārīt, Aorist)
* अचार्षीत् (ácārṣīt, Aorist)
* चचार (cacā́ra, Perfect)

##### Secondary Forms

* चर्यते (caryáte, Passive)
* चारयति (cāráyati, Causative)
* अचीचरत् (ácīcarat, Causative Aorist)
* चार्यते (cāryáte, Passive of Causative)
* चिचरिषति (cicariṣati, Desiderative)
* चिचर्षति (cicarṣati, Desiderative)
* चर्चरीति (carcarīti, Intensive)
* चर्चूर्यते (carcūryáte, Intensive)

##### Non-Finite Forms

* चरित (caritá, Past Participle)
* चीर्ण (cīrṇa, Past Participle)
* चरितुम् (cáritum, Infinitive)
* चर्तुम् (cartum, Infinitive)
* चरितवे (cáritave, Infinitive)
* चरितोस् (caritos, Infinitive)
* चरसे (caráse, Infinitive)
* चरध्यै (carádhyai, Infinitive)
* चरित्वा (caritvā́, Gerund)
* चीर्त्वा (cīrtvā, Gerund)
* चर्य (cárya, Gerund)
* चर्य (cárya, Gerundive)
* चरितव्य (caritavya, Gerundive)
* चर्तव्य (cartavya, Gerundive)
* चरणीय (caraṇīya, Gerundive)
* चार्य (cārya, Causative Gerundive)
* चिचरिषु (cicariṣu, Desiderative Participle)

##### Derived Nominal Forms

* चर (cara, “moving, locomotive”)
* चरक (cáraka, “a wanderer, wandering religious student”)
* चरण (cáraṇa, “foot”)
* चरणि (caráṇi, “active”)
* चरथ (carátha, “moving, living”)
* चराचर (carācará, “movable and immovable, locomotive and stationary”)
* चरित्र (carítra, “acting, behaving, behaviour, habit, practice, acts”)
* चरिष्णु (cariṣṇú, “moving, locomotive”)
* चर्या (caryā, “going about, wandering, walking or roaming about”)
* चार (cāra, “movement, motion; one who moves about, spy”)
* चारक (cāraka, “spy”)
* चारण (cāraṇa, “a wandering actor or singer”)
* चारिन् (cārin, “moving, walking or wandering about, living, being”)
* चार्य (cārya, “espionage”)
* तुविकूर्मि (tuvikūrmi)
* तुविकूर्मिन् (tuvikūrmin)

##### Prefixed Root Forms

* अतिचर् (aticar)
* अधिचर् (adhicar)
* अनुचर् (anucar)
* अपचर् (apacar)
* अभिचर् (abhicar)
* अवचर् (avacar)
* आचर् (ācar)
* उच्चर् (uccar)
* उपचर् (upacar)
* निश्चर् (niścar)
* परिचर् (paricar)
* प्रचर् (pracar)
* प्रतिचर् (praticar)
* विचर् (vicar)
* संचर् (saṃcar)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “चर्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 389, column 1.
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 45
* Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “car”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “CAR$^I$”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 534-535
* Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “k$^{u̯}$elh₁-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 386-8