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چهره

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See also: چہرہ

Persian

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Etymology

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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

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Readings
Classical reading? čihra
Dari reading? čehra
Iranian reading? čehre
Tajik reading? čehra
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Noun

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Dari چهره
Iranian Persian
Tajik чеҳра

چهره (čehre) (plural چهره‌ها (čehre-hâ))

  1. visage
  2. face

Descendants

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ 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