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): /t͡ʃæhaɾa/, [ˈt͡ʃæhaɾaˑ], /t͡ʃehaɾa/, [ˈt͡ʃehaɾaˑ]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /tɕæhaɹa/, [ˈtɕæhaɹaˑ], /tɕehaɹa/, [ˈtɕehaɹaˑ]

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Noun

চেহারা • (cehara)

1. face, countenance

   Synonym: মুখমণ্ডল (mukhmonḍol)