चेहरा

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Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian چِهْرَه (čihra), from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭧𐭫𐭪𐭩 (čihrag). Cognate with Sanskrit चित्र (citra). Compare Assamese চেহেৰা (sehera), Bengali চেহারা (cehara), Gujarati ચહેરો (cahero), Marathi चेहरा (cehrā), Punjabi ਚਿਹਰਾ (cihrā).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃeːɦ.ɾɑː/, , /t͡ʃəɦ.ɾɑː/,

Noun

चेहरा • (cehrā) m (Urdu spelling چِہْرَہ)

  1. face, countenance
    उसका चेहरा चुक़न्दर की तरह लाल था।
    uskā cehrā cuqandar kī tarah lāl thā.
    His face was as red as a beetroot.
    धूप में उसका चेहरा तमतमाया।
    dhūp mẽ uskā cehrā tamatmāyā.
    Her face reddened in the sunlight.

Declension

Declension of चेहरा (masc ā-stem)
singular plural
direct चेहरा
cehrā 		चेहरे
cehre
oblique चेहरे
cehre 		चेहरों
cehrõ
vocative चेहरे
cehre 		चेहरो
cehro

Synonyms

References

  • Bahri, Hardev (1989) “चेहरा”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

Marathi

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Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian چهره (čihra), from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭧𐭫𐭪𐭩 (čihrag). Cognate with Sanskrit चित्र (citra). Compare Hindi चेहरा (cehrā), Punjabi ਚਿਹਰਾ (cihrā).

Pronunciation

Noun

चेहरा • (cehrā) m

  1. face, countenance, expression
    Synonyms: तोंड (toṇḍa), मुख (mukh)

References

  • Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “चेहरा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “चेहरा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
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