چرخہ

Urdu

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 چاک (cāk) and چکر (cakkar, cakra).

Pronunciation

Noun

چرخہ • (carxa) f (Hindi spelling चरख़ा)

  1. A domestic spinning wheel, used mostly for spinning cotton.
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