چریک

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Chagatai چیریک (čyryk /⁠čerig, čerik⁠/), چریک (čryk /⁠čärik⁠/), from Proto-Turkic *čerig, now an Inner Asian wanderwort. Compare Azerbaijani çəri (“army”), Turkish çeri (“soldier”), Uyghur چېرىك (chërik, “soldier”), Uzbek cherik (“army”), Kyrgyz черик (cerik, “soldier”), Mongolian цэрэг (cereg, “soldier”), Hungarian sereg (“army”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi.ˈriːk/, /t͡ʃa.ˈriːk/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɪ.ɾiːk], [t͡ʃʰä.ɾiːk]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɪ.ɾiːk], [t͡ʃʰä.ɾiːk]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰi.ɾik], [t͡ʃʰä.ɾik]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰe.ɹiːkʲ], [t͡ʃʰæ.ɹiːkʲ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰi.ɾik], [t͡ʃʰä.ɾik]

Readings
Classical reading^?	čirīk, čarīk
Dari reading^?	čirīk, čarīk
Iranian reading^?	čerik, čarik
Tajik reading^?	čirik, čarik

Noun

چریک • (čerik)

guerrilla; irregular soldier
Synonym: پارتیزان (pârtizân)

― čerik-hâ-ye komonist ― Communist guerrillas
(historical) auxiliary soldier (in the Mongol armies, etc.)

Derived terms

چریکی (čeriki)

References