Hindi edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃeːɦ.ɾɑː/, [t͡ʃeːʱ.ɾäː]

Noun edit

चेहरा (cehrām (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 edit

Synonyms edit

References edit

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

Marathi edit

 
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Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕeɦ.ɾa/, [t͡ɕe.ɾa]

Noun edit

चेहरा (cehrām

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

References edit

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