ناچار

Persian

Etymology

From ناـ (nâ-, “without”) +‎ چار (čâr, from چاره (čâre, “remedy”)).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [nɑː.t͡ʃɑːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nɑː.t͡ʃʰɑːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nɑː.t͡ʃʰɑːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nɑː.t͡ʃʰɑːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [nɔː.t͡ʃʰɔːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [nɒː.t͡ʃʰɒːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [nɔ.t͡ʃʰɔɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	nāčār
Dari reading?	nāčār
Iranian reading?	nâčâr
Tajik reading?	nočor

Adjective

ناچار • (nâčâr)

1. without other choice, constrained
2. indispensable
3. helpless, miserable

Adverb

ناچار • (nâčâr)

1. by necessity, obligedly

Derived terms

• ناچارا (nâčâran)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: naçar
• → Bashkir: насар (nasar)
• → Bengali: নাচার (nacar)
• → Central Kurdish: ناچار (naçar)
• → Chagatai:
  • Uyghur: ناچار (nachar)
  • Uzbek: nochor
• → Hindustani:

  Urdu: ناچار (nācār)

• → Kazakh: нашар (naşar)
• → Kyrgyz: начар (nacar)
• → Ottoman Turkish: ناچار (nâçâr)

  > Turkish: naçar (inherited)

• → Tatar: начар (naçar)

Uyghur

Other scripts
Perso-Arabic	ناچار
Latin	‍nachar‍
Cyrillic	начар

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ناچار.

Adjective

ناچار • (nachar)

1. weak, bad