gena

Meaning

1. (declension-1, feminine) cheek
2. (declension-1, feminine) eye socket
3. (declension-1, feminine, rare) eye or eyelid

Concepts

cheek

gena

Synonyms

bucca

Translations

joue

guancia

galta

mejilla

bochecha

Wange

Backe

μάγουλο

wang

gep

gota

خد

alek

yanak

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈɡɛ.na]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *genā, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénu-, *ǵénus (“chin, jaw, cheek”). The declension was most likely changed to avoid confusion with genus.
Cognates include Ancient Greek γένυς (génus), Sanskrit हनु (hánu), Persian چانه (čâne), Tocharian A śanweṃ, Old Armenian ծնաւտ (cnawt), Lithuanian žandas, Welsh gen, and Old English ċinn (English chin).