छवि

Hindi

Alternative forms

  • छबि (chabi)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit छवि (chavi), from Proto-Indo-European *kew- (complexion, skin, beauty).[1] Compare the descendants of Proto-Germanic *hiwją (shape, form).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃʰə.ʋiː/, [t͡ʃʰɐ.ʋiː]

Noun

छवि • (chavi) f (Urdu spelling چهو)

  1. persona
  2. image
  3. beauty, lustre, splendour

Declension

References

  1. Schriften zur germanischen Philologie. (1888). Germany: Weidmann, p. 207

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

छवि f

  1. skin
  2. tegument

Declension

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