चेहरा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian چِهْرَه (čihra), from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭧𐭫𐭪𐭩 (čihrag). Doublet of चित्र (citra) and चीता (cītā). Compare Assamese চেহেৰা (sehera), Bengali চেহারা (cehara), Gujarati ચહેરો (cahero), Marathi चेहरा (cehrā), Punjabi ਚਿਹਰਾ (cihrā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeːɦ.ɾɑː/, [t͡ʃeːʱ.ɾäː], /t͡ʃəɦ.ɾɑː/, [t͡ʃɛʱ.ɾäː]

Noun

चेहरा • (cehrā) m (Urdu spelling چِہْرَہ)

1. face, countenance

   उसका चेहरा चुक़न्दर की तरह लाल था।

   uskā cehrā cuqandar kī tarah lāl thā.

   His face was as red as a beetroot.

   धूप में उसका चेहरा तमतमाया।

   dhūp mẽ uskā cehrā tamatmāyā.

   Her face reddened in the sunlight.

Declension

Declension of चेहरा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चेहरा cehrā	चेहरे cehre
oblique	चेहरे cehre	चेहरों cehrõ
vocative	चेहरे cehre	चेहरो cehro

Synonyms

• आनन (ānan)
• मुंह (mũh)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “चेहरा”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian چهره (čihra), from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭧𐭫𐭪𐭩 (čihrag). Cognate with Hindi चेहरा (cehrā) and Punjabi ਚਿਹਰਾ (cihrā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕeɦ.ɾa/, [t͡ɕe.ɾa]

Noun

चेहरा • (cehrā) m

1. the face

   Synonyms: तोंड (toṇḍa), मुख (mukh), थोबाड (thobāḍ)

2. countenance, expression

   Synonym: सुरत (surat)

Declension

Declension of चेहरा (masc ā-stem)

	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	चेहरा cehrā	चेहरे cehre
oblique सामान्यरूप	चेहऱ्या-3 ceharyā-3	चेहऱ्यां-3 ceharyā̃-3
accusative / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	चेहऱ्याला, चेहऱ्यास1, चेहऱ्याते2 ceharyālā, ceharyās1, ceharyāte2	चेहऱ्यांना, चेहऱ्यांस1, चेहऱ्यांते2 ceharyā̃nā, ceharyā̃sa1, ceharyā̃te2
ergative	चेहऱ्याने, चेहऱ्यानं ceharyāne, ceharyāna	चेहऱ्यांनी ceharyā̃nī
instrumental	चेहऱ्याशी ceharyāśī	चेहऱ्यांशी ceharyā̃śī
locative सप्तमी	चेहऱ्यात ceharyāt	चेहऱ्यांत ceharyā̃ta
vocative संबोधन	चेहऱ्या ceharyā	चेहऱ्यांनो ceharyā̃no

¹Formal, or for the addressee in the beginning of a letter, or in Nagpuri dialect.
²Archaic.
³The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition.

Genitive declension of चेहरा (masc ā-stem)

	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	चेहऱ्याचा ceharyāċā	चेहऱ्याचे ceharyāċe	चेहऱ्याची ceharyācī	चेहऱ्याच्या ceharyācā	चेहऱ्याचे, चेहऱ्याचं ceharyāċe, ceharyāċa	चेहऱ्याची ceharyācī	चेहऱ्याच्या1 ceharyācā1
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	चेहऱ्यांचा ceharyā̃ċā	चेहऱ्यांचे ceharyā̃ċe	चेहऱ्यांची ceharyā̃cī	चेहऱ्यांच्या ceharyā̃cā	चेहऱ्यांचे, चेहऱ्यांचं ceharyā̃ċe, ceharyā̃ċa	चेहऱ्यांची ceharyā̃cī	चेहऱ्यांच्या1 ceharyā̃cā1

¹For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983), “चेहरा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “चेहरा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press