چی

See also: جي‎, خی‎, جئ‎, and حي‎

Kurdish

Pronoun

چی • (çi)

  1. (interrogative) what

Persian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian 𐭬𐭤‎ (čē [ME], “what, which”).

Alternative forms
  • چه‎ (če) (archaic)

Pronoun

چی • (či)

  1. (dated, interrogative) what?
  2. (colloquial, interrogative) what?
    راجع به هر چی فک کرده بودم، راجع به مردن فک نکرده بودم.‎
    Râje(:) be har či fek karde budam, râje be mordan fek nakarde budam.
    Whatever I had thought about, I hadn't thought about dying.

Etymology 2

From Turkic.

Suffix

ـچی • (-či)

  1. -er; -eer
Derived terms
  • گاریچی‎ (gâriči)
  • درشکه‌چی‎ (droškeči)
  • پستچی‎ (postči)
  • قهوه‌چی‎ (qahveči)
  • معدن‌چی‎ (ma'danči)
  • موزیکانچی‎ (muzikânči)

See also
  • Category:Persian words suffixed with ـچی
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