चरख़ा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian چرخ (čarx), from Middle Persian 𐫝𐫍𐫡 (chr /⁠čahr⁠/, “wheel, cycle”), from Proto-Iranian *čaxrám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čakrám, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos (“wheel, circle”). Doublet of चक्कर (cakkar) and चक्र (cakra).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃəɾ.xɑː/, [t͡ʃɐɾ.xäː], /t͡ʃəɾ.kʰɑː/, [t͡ʃɐɾ.kʰäː]

Noun

चरख़ा • (carxā) m (Urdu spelling چرخہ)

  1. spinning wheel

Declension
Declension of चरख़ा (masc ā-stem)
singular plural
direct चरख़ा
carxā		 चरख़े
carxe
oblique चरख़े
carxe		 चरख़ों
carxõ
vocative चरख़े
carxe		 चरख़ो
carxo

Descendants
  • → English: charkha
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