ĉar
See also: Appendix:Variations of "car"
Esperanto
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from French, Occitan, and Catalan car, ultimately from Latin quārē.[1][2] Compare archaic Spanish car.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃar/
Audio 1: (file) Audio 2: (file) Audio 3: (file) Audio 4: (file) - Rhymes: -ar
- Syllabification: ĉar
Conjunction
ĉar
- because
- 2025 September 29, Jorge Nogueras, “La plej mallonga tago”, in uea.facila[1], archived from the original on 12 December 2025:
- Nu, unu tagon oni vokis min por ke mi iru tuj al la malsanulejo, ĉar mia sesjara filino trafiĝis je terura trafik-akcidento.
- Well, one day they called me so that I go immediately to the hospital, because my six-year old daughter got caught in a terrible traffic accident.
- for
References
- ^ André Cherpillod, “ĉar”, in Konciza Etimologia Vortaro [Concise Etymological Dictionary], →ISBN
- ^ Ebbe Vilborg, “ĉar”, in Etimologia Vortaro de Esperanto [Etymological Dictionary of Esperanto], volume 1, →ISBN, page 79
Further reading
- “ĉar”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
- “ĉar”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-present
- Wells, John C. (1992), “ĉar, as, because, for, since”, in Concise Esperanto and English Dictionary[2], →ISBN, pages 60, 178, 186, 257, 370
- Benson, Peter J. (1995), “because, for, in, see, since, where”, in Comprehensive English-Esperanto Dictionary[3], →ISBN, pages 64, 215, 267-268, 457, 473, 580
- Butler, Montagu C. (1967), “ĉar”, in Esperanto-English Dictionary[4], →OL, page 74
- Motteau, Achille (1907), “ĉar”, in Esperanto-English Dictionary[5], →OCLC, page 20