جبهه

See also: جبهة

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَبْهَة (jabha).

Noun

جبهه • (cebhe)

  1. front
  2. (military) front
    • 1927 October, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Nutuk, page 341:
      یونان تعرضی و ملی جبهه‌لرك بوزولمسی ، مجلسده بیوك بحرانی و شدتلی تعریضات و تنقیداتی موجب اولدی.
      Yunan ta'arruzu ve milli cebheleriñ bozulması, mecliste büyük buhranı ve şiddetli ta'rizatı ve tenkidatı mucib oldu.
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Descendants

  • Turkish: cephe

References

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَبْهَة (jabha).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d͡ʒäb.hǽ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [d͡ʒä.bǽ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [d͡ʒä.bǽ]

Readings
Classical reading? jaḇha
Dari reading? jabha
Iranian reading? jebhe
Tajik reading? jabha

Noun

جبهه • (jebhe) (plural جبهه‌ها (jebhe-hâ) or جباه)

  1. front, face, façade
  2. (military) frontline, battlefront
  3. (anatomy, dated) forehead, brow
    Synonym: پیشانی (pišâni)
    • early 1400s, Qāsim-i Anvār, “Ghazal 299”, in دیوان قاسم انوار:
      آنها که کمالات و جمالات تو دیدند
      بر خاک همه جبهه تسلیم نهادند
      ānhā ki kamālāt u jamālāt-i tu dīdand
      bar xāk hama jabha-yi taslīm nihādand
      Those who have seen Your perfections and glories
      Have all laid down their brows to the earth in submission.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
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