चेहरा
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian چِهْرَه (čihra), from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭧𐭫𐭪𐭩 (čihrag). Cognate with Sanskrit चित्र (citra). 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)
- 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
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | चेहरा cehrā |
चेहरे cehre |
| oblique | चेहरे cehre |
चेहरों cehrõ |
| vocative | चेहरे cehre |
चेहरो cehro |
Synonyms
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
- the face
- countenance, expression
- Synonym: सुरत (surat)
Declension
| Declension of चेहरा (masc ā-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular |
चेहरा cehrā | ||
| direct plural |
चेहरे cehre | ||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन | ||
| nominative प्रथमा |
चेहरा cehrā |
चेहरे cehre | |
| oblique सामान्यरूप |
चेहर्या cehryā |
चेहर्यां- cehryān- | |
| acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी |
चेहर्याला cehryālā |
चेहर्यांना cehryānnā | |
| ergative | चेहर्याने, चेहर्यानं cehryāne, cehryāna |
चेहर्यांनी cehryānnī | |
| instrumental | चेहर्याशी cehryāśī |
चेहर्यांशी cehryānśī | |
| locative सप्तमी |
चेहर्यात cehryāt |
चेहर्यांत cehryāt | |
| vocative संबोधन |
चेहर्या cehryā |
चेहर्यांनो cehryānno | |
| Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a 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 |
चेहर्याचा cehryāċā |
चेहर्याचे cehryāċe |
चेहर्याची cehryācī |
चेहर्याच्या cehryācā |
चेहर्याचे, चेहर्याचं cehryāċe, cehryāċa |
चेहर्याची cehryācī |
चेहर्याच्या cehryācā | |
| plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता |
चेहर्यांचा cehryānċā |
चेहर्यांचे cehryānċe |
चेहर्यांची cehryāñcī |
चेहर्यांच्या cehryāncā |
चेहर्यांचे, चेहर्यांचं cehryānċe, cehryānċa |
चेहर्यांची cehryāñcī |
चेहर्यांच्या cehryāñcā | |
| * Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For 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