चक्कर

From Sanskrit चक्र (cakra). Doublet of चक्र (cakra) and चरख़ा (carxā). Cognate with Bengali চাকা (caka), Assamese চকৰ (sokor) and চকৰি (sokori), Sylheti ꠌꠇꠞ (soxor).

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃək.kəɾ/, [t͡ʃɐk̚.kɐɾ]

चक्कर • (cakkar) m (Urdu spelling چکر)

1. curve, turn, circle; spiral
2. roundabout, traffic circle
3. (figurative) dizziness, lightheadedness

   चक्कर आना ― cakkar ānā ― to feel dizzy

4. (slang) affair

   उनके बीच कुछ चक्कर चल रहा है क्या?

   unke bīc kuch cakkar cal rahā hai kyā?

   Is there some sort of affair happening between them?

• चक्र (cakra) (more formal)

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• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “चक्कर”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
• “चक्कर”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
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