চেহারা
Bengali edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian چهره (čihra), from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭧𐭫𐭪𐭩 (čihrag), from Old Persian *čiθrakaʰ, from Proto-Iranian *čiθrákah, from *čiθráh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čitrás. Doublet of চিত্র (citro, “picture, image”). Cognate with Assamese চেহেৰা (sehera), Odia ଚେହେରା (cehera), Hindi चेहरा (cehrā), Gujarati ચહેરો (cahero), Marathi चेहरा (cehrā), Punjabi ਚਿਹਰਾ (cihrā).
Pronunciation edit
- (Rarh) IPA(key): /tʃæɦaɾa/, [ˈtʃæɦaɾaˑ], /tʃeɦaɾa/, [ˈtʃeɦaɾaˑ]
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- (Dhaka) IPA(key): /tɕæɦaɹa/, [ˈtɕæɦaɹaˑ], /tɕeɦaɹa/, [ˈtɕeɦaɹaˑ]
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Noun edit
চেহারা • (cehara)
- face, countenance
- Synonym: মুখমণ্ডল (mukhmonḍol)