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Where does “ముఖచిత్రము” come from?

ముఖచిత్రము (Telugu) comes from Telugu చిత్రము, from Sanskrit चित्र, from Proto-Indo-Iranian čitrás, from Proto-Indo-European *kit-ró-s.

ముఖచిత్రము (Telugu): photo on the cover page of a book or magazine

Definitions

  1. photo on the cover page of a book or magazine

Ancestry of “ముఖచిత్రము”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Teluguచిత్రముpainting, picture; variety, strangeness,...
2Sanskritचित्रbright, conspicuous, visible, clear, loud,...
3Proto-Indo-Iraniančitrásbright, clear, shining
4Proto-Indo-European*kit-ró-s—
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