چہرہ
See also: چهره
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian چِهْرَه (čihra, “face; visage”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɪɦ.ɾɑ(ː)/, [t͡ʃeɦ.ɾɑ(ː)], [t͡ʃɛɦ.ɾɑ(ː)]
- Rhymes: -ɑ(ː)
Noun
چِہْرَہ • (cihra) m (Hindi spelling चेहरा)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | چِہْرَہ (cihrah) | چِہْرے (cihre) |
| oblique | چِہْرے (cihre) | چِہْروں (cihrõ) |
| vocative | چِہْرے (cihre) | چِہْرو (cihro) |
Synonyms
References
- “چہرہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (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 T. (1884) “چہرہ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- “چہرہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.