چہرہ

See also: چهره‎

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian چهره‎ (čihra, “face; visage”).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /t͡ʃeːɦ.ɾɑː/, /t͡ʃɪɦ.ɾɑː/
  • (Deccani) IPA(key): /t͡ʃeːɦ.ɾɑː/, /t͡ʃɪɦ.ɾɑː/, [t͡ʃɛɦ.ɾɑː]
  • Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun

چہرہ or چہرہ • (cehra or cihra) m (Hindi spelling चेहरा)

  1. face, visage, countenance
  2. portrait, likeness
  3. mask, facade
  4. features, descriptive roll
  5. mien, demeanor

Declension
Declension of چہرہ
singular plural
direct چہرہ‎ (cehrah) چہرے‎ (cehre)
oblique چہرے‎ (cehre) چہروں‎ (cehrõ)
vocative چہرے‎ (cehre) چہرو‎ (cehro)

Synonyms

References
  • “چہرہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “چہرہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John Thompson (1884), “چہرہ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., →ISBN, →OCLC
  • “چہرہ”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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