The story
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷetwóres
- Proto-Iranian*čaθwā́rah
- Middle Persian/čahār/
- Classical Persianچار (čâr)
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)teg-
- Arabicطَاق (ṭāq)
- Classical Persianطاق (tâġ)
- Classical Persianچَارْطَاق (čārtāq)
- Ottoman Turkishچارطاق (çardak)
- Hungariancsárda
- Hungariancsárdás
- English todaycsardas
From Hungarian csárdás, adjectival form of csárda (“tavern”), from Ottoman Turkish چارطاق (çardak, “arbour, summerhouse”), from Classical Persian چارتاق (čârtâq, “four-arch”), from چار (čâr, “four”) + طاق (tâq, “arch”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.