چهر

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian cyhl (čihr, “origin, lineage”), from Old Persian *ciθrah (“type, form; lineage”), borrowed from Old Median *ciθrah, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *čiθráh.

Cognate with Avestan 𐬗𐬌𐬚𐬭𐬀 (ciθra) and a doublet of Old Persian 𐎨𐎡𐏂 (čiçaʰ).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? čihr
Dari reading? čehr
Iranian reading? čehr
Tajik reading? čeh

Noun

چهر • (čehr)

  1. (archaic) origin; lineage
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