چهره
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See also: چہرہ
Persian
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭧𐭫𐭪𐭩 (čihrag), from Old Persian *čiθrakah, from Proto-Iranian *čiθrákah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čitrám, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷi-tróm, from *kʷey- (“bright, burning”).[1] Cognate with Sanskrit चित्र (citra). Baluchi چِهرَگ (čihrag, “countenance, face”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | čihra |
| Dari reading? | čehra |
| Iranian reading? | čehre |
| Tajik reading? | čehra |
Noun
| Dari | چهره |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | чеҳра |
چهره • (čehre) (plural چهرهها (čehre-hâ))
Descendants
- → Assamese: চেহেৰা (sehera)
- → Azerbaijani: çöhrə
- → Bengali: চেহারা (cehara)
- → Gujarati: ચહેરો (cahero)
- → Hindustani:
- → Punjabi:
- → Ottoman Turkish: چهره (çehre)
- → Uyghur: چىراي (chiray)
- → Uzbek: chehra, chiroy
See also
- صورت (surat)
References
- ^ Morgenstierne, Georg (2003) “cargˈand”, in Elfenbein, J., MacKenzie, D. N., Sims-Williams, Nicholas, editors, A New Etymological Vocabulary of Pashto (Beitrage Zur Iranistik; 23), Weisbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert, →ISBN