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Where does “𐭰𐭧𐭫𐭪𐭩” come from?

𐭰𐭧𐭫𐭪𐭩 (Middle Persian) comes from Old Persian *čiθrakah, from Proto-Iranian *čiθrákah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian čitrás, from Proto-Indo-European *kit-ró-s.

𐭰𐭧𐭫𐭪𐭩 (Middle Persian): face

Definitions

  1. face

Ancestry of “𐭰𐭧𐭫𐭪𐭩”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Persian*čiθrakah—
2Proto-Iranian*čiθrákah—
3Proto-Indo-Iraniančitrásbright, clear, shining
4Proto-Indo-European*kit-ró-s—

Words derived from “𐭰𐭧𐭫𐭪𐭩”

  • चेहरा
  • چهره
  • ચહેરો
  • چہرہ
  • चेहरा
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kit-ró-s →