chehra is a persian word meaning the face. Most probably its an
application of word chehar which means four. Since face too has
roughly four sides. to give another evidence in hindi a word that is
used for face is chaukhata... literally meaning something that has
four sides.
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> Can anyone shed some light on whether the word "chehra" descends from
> the Anglo-Norman word chere meaning "the face" ?
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> Thanks and regards,
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> - Nataraj.
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