চেহারা

Bengali

Etymology

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
  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /tʃæɦaɾa/, [ˈtʃæɦaɾaˑ], /tʃeɦaɾa/, [ˈtʃeɦaɾaˑ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /tɕæɦaɹa/, [ˈtɕæɦaɹaˑ], /tɕeɦaɹa/, [ˈtɕeɦaɹaˑ]
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Noun

চেহারা • (cehara)

  1. face, countenance
    Synonym: মুখমণ্ডল (mukhmonḍol)
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