چهره
Appearance
See also: چہرہ
Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [t͡ʃih.ɾa]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰeɦ.ɹe]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰeɦ.ɾä]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | čihra |
Dari reading? | čehra |
Iranian reading? | čehre |
Tajik reading? | čehra |
Noun
[edit]Dari | چهره |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | чеҳра |
چهره • (čehre) (plural چهرهها (čehre-hâ))
Descendants
[edit]- → 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
[edit]- صورت (surat)
References
[edit]- ^ 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
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- Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Persian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
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