Where does “چہرہ” come from?

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

چہرہ (Urdu): face; visage; portrait

Definitions

  1. face; visage; portrait

Ancestry of “چہرہ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianچهرهvisage; face
2Middle Persian𐭰𐭧𐭫𐭪𐭩face
3Old Persian*čiθrakah—
4Proto-Iranian*čiθrákah—
5Proto-Indo-Iraniančitrásbright, clear, shining
6Proto-Indo-European*kit-ró-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kit-ró-s →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian čitrás →Every word from Proto-Iranian *čiθrákah →