çârt

Khalaj

Perso-Arabic		چارت

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaːɾt/

dialectal pronunciations

• (hair on the forelock, bangs)
  • (Kharrab)IPA^(key): [t͡ʃaːɾt]
• (headhair)
  • (Ahmadabad)IPA^(key): [t͡ʃaːɾt]
  • (Yengijeh)IPA^(key): [t͡ʃæ̞ːɾt]
• (forelock)
  • (Sadabad)IPA^(key): [t͡ʃaːɾt]
  • (Sorkh Deh)IPA^(key): [t͡ʃɑˑɾt]

Noun

çârt (definite accusative çârtı, plural çârtlar)

1. hair on the forelock, bangs
2. headhair

   Synonyms: kâkul, qıl, saç, tü̂k, zulf

3. forelock

   Synonyms: bürçək, fokul, kâkul, qıl, saç, tö̂l, zulf

Usage notes

The (related) words for "hair", while seemingly synonymous with each other, actually appear to be so due to their highly variable and confusing distribution among the Khalaj people. However, the precise meanings of these words can be determined.

• tü̂k: "hair", collectively
• qıl: "a single hair", "body hair"
• saç: "long hair" (of women)
• kâkul, bürçək: "forelock"
• fokul: "headscarf"
• çârt: "bangs"
• tö̂l: "lock"
• zulf: "sidelock"
• təygûş: "hair around the ear"

Declension

Declension of çârt

	singular	plural
nominative	çârt	çârtlar
genitive	çârtııñ	çârtlarııñ
dative	çârtqa	çârtlarqa
definite accusative	çârtı	çârtları
locative	çârtça	çârtlarça
ablative	çârtda	çârtlarda
instrumental	çârtla	çârtlarla
equative	çârtvâra	çârtlarvâra

References

• Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
• Doerfer, Gerhard (1987) Lexik und Sprachgeographie des Chaladsch [Lexicon and Language Geography of Khalaj] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN