çehre

Meaning

  1. (poetic) face
  2. (figuratively) persona: The mask or appearance one presents to the world.

Pronounced as (IPA)
/t͡ʃeh.ɾe/
Etymology

From Persian چهره, from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭧𐭫𐭪𐭩 (čihrag), from Old Persian *čiθrakah, from Proto-Iranian *čiθrákah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čitrás, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷi-tróm, from *kʷey- (“bright, burning”).

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