چاکر

Malay

Noun

چاکر (plural چاکر-چاکر or چاکر٢)

Jawi spelling of cakar.‎‎

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Sogdian *čākar (“armed retainer of a lord”), a word attested in Chinese and Arabic transcriptions.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaː.ˈkaɾ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɑː.kʰǽɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɑː.kʰǽɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɔː.kʰǽɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɒː.ˈkʲeɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɔ.kʰǽɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	čākar
Dari reading^?	čākar
Iranian reading^?	čâker
Tajik reading^?	čokar

Noun

چاکر • (čâker) (plural چاکرها)

servant
Synonym: نوکر (nowkar)
- c. 1260, Saʿdī, “Rubaʿī 74”, in دیوان سعدی [The Divān of Saʿdī]‎^[1]:
  من چاکر آنم که دلی برباید
  یا دل به کسی دهد که جان آساید
  آن کس که نه عاشق و نه معشوق کسیست
  در ملک خدای اگر نباشد شاید
  man čakar-i ān-am ki dilē birubāyad
  yā dil ba kasē dihad ki jān āsāyad
  ān kas ki na āšiq u na ma'šuq-i kasē-st
  dar mulk-i xudāy agar na-bāšad šāyad
  I am the servant of he who snatches a heart away,
  Or gives his heart to someone who soothes the soul;
  The person who is neither someone's lover nor beloved
  Is worthy of God's kingdom, should he not be there.
  (Classical Persian transliteration.)

Derived terms

چاکرانه (čâkerâne)
چاکرم (čâker-am)
چاکری (čâkeri)

Descendants

→ Assamese: চাকৰ (sakor)
→ Bengali: চাকর (cakor)
→ Gujarati: ચાકર (cākar)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: चाकर (cākar)

Urdu: چاکر (cākar)
→ Malayalam: ചാക്കിരി (cākkiri)
→ Marathi: चाकर (cākar)
→ Ottoman Turkish: چاكر (çaker)
- Turkish: çaker

Further reading

De la Vaissiere, Etienne (15 August 2006) “ČĀKAR”, in Encyclopaedia Iranica‎^[2]

Urdu

Noun

چاکر • (cākar) m (Hindi spelling चाकर)

servant