köken: From üz (“face”) + -bə- (“from Persian به (be, “to, towards”)”) + üz (“face”). Possibly a partial calque of Persian روبرو (ru-be-ru, literally “face-to-face”).
köken: Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀁𑀫𑀼𑀳 (saṃmuha), from Sanskrit सम्मुख (sam-mukhá, “facing”). Compare with Punjabi ਸਾਹਮਣੇ (sāhmaṇe), Gujarati સામે (sāme).
köken: Sino-Vietnamese word from 對面, composed of 對 (“opposite”) and 面 (“face”).
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Etimoloji
Two possible sources: * From a nominalization of the 終(しゅう)止(し)形(けい) (shūshikei, “terminal form”) or 連(れん)体(たい)形(けい) (rentaikei, “attributive form”) of the verb 向(む)かう (mukau, “to face”). The modern pronunciation would suggest that the morpheme boundary in the original verb muka.u has been lost. * From a nominalization of the ウ音(おん)便(びん) (u-onbin, “u euphonic change”) form of 向(む)かい (mukai, the…