English
Etymology
From Hindi चक्र (cakra) and directly from Sanskrit चक्र (cakra, “wheel, disc, cycle”). As a synonym for hackery, either a correction or hypercorrection of that term based on one of its proposed etymologies. Doublet of chakram, charkha, chukker, cycle, cyclus, and wheel.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtʃæ.kɹə/, /ˈtʃʌ.kɹə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɑː.kɹə/, /ˈt͡ʃæ.kɹə/, /ˈt͡ʃʌ.kɹə/
- Rhymes: -ækɹə, (US) -ɑːkɹə
Noun
chakra (plural chakras)
- (Hinduism, Ayurveda) Any of (at least) seven centres of spiritual energy in or near the body, according to Ayurveda philosophy.
1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 19:In the etheric body of a yogini in meditation, the polarity is, therefore, not between the brain and the genitals, the second and sixth chakras, but between the inner sexuality of the womb and the heart.
- Synonym of hackery.
1911, Calendar of Persian Correspondence..., page xxvi:
Derived terms
Translations
spiritual energy nexuses
- Arabic: شَاكِرَة f (šākira)
- Catalan: txakra m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 脈輪 / 脉轮 (zh) (màilún), 查克拉 (zh) (chákèlā), 氣卦 / 气卦 (qìguà), 輪 / 轮 (zh) (lún) (wheel)
- Czech: čakra f
- Danish: chakra n
- Dutch: chakra (nl)
- Esperanto: ĉakro
- Finnish: chakra, tsakra, tšakra
- French: chakra (fr) m, tchakra m
- German: Chakra (de) n
- Gujarati: ચક્ર (cakra)
- Hindi: चक्रम् (cakram), चक्र (hi) m (cakra)
- Hungarian: csakra (hu)
- Indonesian: cakra (id)
- Italian: chakra m
- Japanese: チャクラ (chakura)
- Kannada: ಚಕ್ರ (kn) (cakra)
- Korean: 차크라 (chakeura)
- Marathi: चक्र (cakra)
- Persian: چاکرا (čâkrâ)
- Polish: czakra f, czakram (pl) m, ćakra f
- Portuguese: chakra (pt) m, chacra (pt) m
- Romanian: chakra
- Russian: ча́кра (ru) f (čákra)
- Sanskrit: चक्र (sa) (cakra), चक्रम् (sa) (cakram)
- Serbo-Croatian: чакра f, čakra (sh) f
- Slovene: čakra f
- Spanish: chakra (es) m
- Swedish: chakra n
- Turkish: çakra
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Anagrams
Finnish
Etymology
From Sanskrit चक्र (cakrá, “wheel, circle, cycle; chakra”), using the English spelling. Distant doublet of kaula, kekri, and sykli.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtʃɑkrɑ/, [ˈt̪ʃɑ̝krɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ɑkrɑ
Noun
chakra
- (Hinduism) chakra
Declension
| Inflection of chakra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
|
| nominative
|
chakra
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chakrat
|
| genitive
|
chakran
|
chakrojen
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| partitive
|
chakraa
|
chakroja
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| illative
|
chakraan
|
chakroihin
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|
|
singular
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
chakra
|
chakrat
|
| accusative
|
nom.
|
chakra
|
chakrat
|
| gen.
|
chakran
|
| genitive
|
chakran
|
chakrojen
chakrain rare
|
| partitive
|
chakraa
|
chakroja
|
| inessive
|
chakrassa
|
chakroissa
|
| elative
|
chakrasta
|
chakroista
|
| illative
|
chakraan
|
chakroihin
|
| adessive
|
chakralla
|
chakroilla
|
| ablative
|
chakralta
|
chakroilta
|
| allative
|
chakralle
|
chakroille
|
| essive
|
chakrana
|
chakroina
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| translative
|
chakraksi
|
chakroiksi
|
| abessive
|
chakratta
|
chakroitta
|
| instructive
|
—
|
chakroin
|
| comitative
|
See the possessive forms below.
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| first-person singular possessor
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|
|
singular
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
chakrani
|
chakrani
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| accusative
|
nom.
|
chakrani
|
chakrani
|
| gen.
|
chakrani
|
| genitive
|
chakrani
|
chakrojeni
chakraini rare
|
| partitive
|
chakraani
|
chakrojani
|
| inessive
|
chakrassani
|
chakroissani
|
| elative
|
chakrastani
|
chakroistani
|
| illative
|
chakraani
|
chakroihini
|
| adessive
|
chakrallani
|
chakroillani
|
| ablative
|
chakraltani
|
chakroiltani
|
| allative
|
chakralleni
|
chakroilleni
|
| essive
|
chakranani
|
chakroinani
|
| translative
|
chakrakseni
|
chakroikseni
|
| abessive
|
chakrattani
|
chakroittani
|
| instructive
|
—
|
—
|
| comitative
|
— |
chakroineni
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| second-person singular possessor
|
|
|
singular
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
chakrasi
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chakrasi
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| accusative
|
nom.
|
chakrasi
|
chakrasi
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| gen.
|
chakrasi
|
| genitive
|
chakrasi
|
chakrojesi
chakraisi rare
|
| partitive
|
chakraasi
|
chakrojasi
|
| inessive
|
chakrassasi
|
chakroissasi
|
| elative
|
chakrastasi
|
chakroistasi
|
| illative
|
chakraasi
|
chakroihisi
|
| adessive
|
chakrallasi
|
chakroillasi
|
| ablative
|
chakraltasi
|
chakroiltasi
|
| allative
|
chakrallesi
|
chakroillesi
|
| essive
|
chakranasi
|
chakroinasi
|
| translative
|
chakraksesi
|
chakroiksesi
|
| abessive
|
chakrattasi
|
chakroittasi
|
| instructive
|
—
|
—
|
| comitative
|
— |
chakroinesi
|
| first-person plural possessor
|
|
|
singular
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
chakramme
|
chakramme
|
| accusative
|
nom.
|
chakramme
|
chakramme
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| gen.
|
chakramme
|
| genitive
|
chakramme
|
chakrojemme
chakraimme rare
|
| partitive
|
chakraamme
|
chakrojamme
|
| inessive
|
chakrassamme
|
chakroissamme
|
| elative
|
chakrastamme
|
chakroistamme
|
| illative
|
chakraamme
|
chakroihimme
|
| adessive
|
chakrallamme
|
chakroillamme
|
| ablative
|
chakraltamme
|
chakroiltamme
|
| allative
|
chakrallemme
|
chakroillemme
|
| essive
|
chakranamme
|
chakroinamme
|
| translative
|
chakraksemme
|
chakroiksemme
|
| abessive
|
chakrattamme
|
chakroittamme
|
| instructive
|
—
|
—
|
| comitative
|
— |
chakroinemme
|
| second-person plural possessor
|
|
|
singular
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
chakranne
|
chakranne
|
| accusative
|
nom.
|
chakranne
|
chakranne
|
| gen.
|
chakranne
|
| genitive
|
chakranne
|
chakrojenne
chakrainne rare
|
| partitive
|
chakraanne
|
chakrojanne
|
| inessive
|
chakrassanne
|
chakroissanne
|
| elative
|
chakrastanne
|
chakroistanne
|
| illative
|
chakraanne
|
chakroihinne
|
| adessive
|
chakrallanne
|
chakroillanne
|
| ablative
|
chakraltanne
|
chakroiltanne
|
| allative
|
chakrallenne
|
chakroillenne
|
| essive
|
chakrananne
|
chakroinanne
|
| translative
|
chakraksenne
|
chakroiksenne
|
| abessive
|
chakrattanne
|
chakroittanne
|
| instructive
|
—
|
—
|
| comitative
|
— |
chakroinenne
|
| third-person possessor
|
|
|
singular
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
chakransa
|
chakransa
|
| accusative
|
nom.
|
chakransa
|
chakransa
|
| gen.
|
chakransa
|
| genitive
|
chakransa
|
chakrojensa
chakrainsa rare
|
| partitive
|
chakraansa
|
chakrojaan
chakrojansa
|
| inessive
|
chakrassaan
chakrassansa
|
chakroissaan
chakroissansa
|
| elative
|
chakrastaan
chakrastansa
|
chakroistaan
chakroistansa
|
| illative
|
chakraansa
|
chakroihinsa
|
| adessive
|
chakrallaan
chakrallansa
|
chakroillaan
chakroillansa
|
| ablative
|
chakraltaan
chakraltansa
|
chakroiltaan
chakroiltansa
|
| allative
|
chakralleen
chakrallensa
|
chakroilleen
chakroillensa
|
| essive
|
chakranaan
chakranansa
|
chakroinaan
chakroinansa
|
| translative
|
chakrakseen
chakraksensa
|
chakroikseen
chakroiksensa
|
| abessive
|
chakrattaan
chakrattansa
|
chakroittaan
chakroittansa
|
| instructive
|
—
|
—
|
| comitative
|
— |
chakroineen
chakroinensa
|
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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Sanskrit चक्र (cakra, “wheel, circle, point”).
Noun
chakra n (definite singular chakraet, indefinite plural chakraer, definite plural chakraa or chakraene)
- chakra
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Sanskrit चक्र (cakra, “wheel, circle, point”).
Noun
chakra n (definite singular chakraet, indefinite plural chakra, definite plural chakraa)
- chakra
Portuguese
Noun
chakra m (plural chakras)
- alternative spelling of chacra
Quechua
Noun
chakra
- farmland
Declension
Declension of chakra
|
|
singular
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
chakra
|
chakrakuna
|
| accusative
|
chakrata
|
chakrakunata
|
| dative
|
chakraman
|
chakrakunaman
|
| genitive
|
chakrap
|
chakrakunap
|
| locative
|
chakrapi
|
chakrakunapi
|
| terminative
|
chakrakama
|
chakrakunakama
|
| ablative
|
chakramanta
|
chakrakunamanta
|
| instrumental
|
chakrawan
|
chakrakunawan
|
| comitative
|
chakrantin
|
chakrakunantin
|
| abessive
|
chakrannaq
|
chakrakunannaq
|
| comparative
|
chakrahina
|
chakrakunahina
|
| causative
|
chakrarayku
|
chakrakunarayku
|
| benefactive
|
chakrapaq
|
chakrakunapaq
|
| associative
|
chakrapura
|
chakrakunapura
|
| distributive
|
chakranka
|
chakrakunanka
|
| exclusive
|
chakralla
|
chakrakunalla
|
Possessive forms of chakra
ñuqap - first-person singular
| ñuqap (my)
|
singular
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
chakray
|
chakraykuna
|
| accusative
|
chakrayta
|
chakraykunata
|
| dative
|
chakrayman
|
chakraykunaman
|
| genitive
|
chakraypa
|
chakraykunap
|
| locative
|
chakraypi
|
chakraykunapi
|
| terminative
|
chakraykama
|
chakraykunakama
|
| ablative
|
chakraymanta
|
chakraykunamanta
|
| instrumental
|
chakraywan
|
chakraykunawan
|
| comitative
|
chakraynintin
|
chakraykunantin
|
| abessive
|
chakrayninnaq
|
chakraykunannaq
|
| comparative
|
chakrayhina
|
chakraykunahina
|
| causative
|
chakrayrayku
|
chakraykunarayku
|
| benefactive
|
chakraypaq
|
chakraykunapaq
|
| associative
|
chakraypura
|
chakraykunapura
|
| distributive
|
chakrayninka
|
chakraykunanka
|
| exclusive
|
chakraylla
|
chakraykunalla
|
qampa - second-person singular
| qampa (your)
|
singular
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
chakrayki
|
chakraykikuna
|
| accusative
|
chakraykita
|
chakraykikunata
|
| dative
|
chakraykiman
|
chakraykikunaman
|
| genitive
|
chakraykipa
|
chakraykikunap
|
| locative
|
chakraykipi
|
chakraykikunapi
|
| terminative
|
chakraykikama
|
chakraykikunakama
|
| ablative
|
chakraykimanta
|
chakraykikunamanta
|
| instrumental
|
chakraykiwan
|
chakraykikunawan
|
| comitative
|
chakraykintin
|
chakraykikunantin
|
| abessive
|
chakraykinnaq
|
chakraykikunannaq
|
| comparative
|
chakraykihina
|
chakraykikunahina
|
| causative
|
chakraykirayku
|
chakraykikunarayku
|
| benefactive
|
chakraykipaq
|
chakraykikunapaq
|
| associative
|
chakraykipura
|
chakraykikunapura
|
| distributive
|
chakraykinka
|
chakraykikunanka
|
| exclusive
|
chakraykilla
|
chakraykikunalla
|
paypa - third-person singular
| paypa (his/her/its)
|
singular
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
chakran
|
chakrankuna
|
| accusative
|
chakranta
|
chakrankunata
|
| dative
|
chakranman
|
chakrankunaman
|
| genitive
|
chakranpa
|
chakrankunap
|
| locative
|
chakranpi
|
chakrankunapi
|
| terminative
|
chakrankama
|
chakrankunakama
|
| ablative
|
chakranmanta
|
chakrankunamanta
|
| instrumental
|
chakranwan
|
chakrankunawan
|
| comitative
|
chakranintin
|
chakrankunantin
|
| abessive
|
chakranninnaq
|
chakrankunannaq
|
| comparative
|
chakranhina
|
chakrankunahina
|
| causative
|
chakranrayku
|
chakrankunarayku
|
| benefactive
|
chakranpaq
|
chakrankunapaq
|
| associative
|
chakranpura
|
chakrankunapura
|
| distributive
|
chakraninka
|
chakrankunanka
|
| exclusive
|
chakranlla
|
chakrankunalla
|
ñuqanchikpa - first-person inclusive plural
| ñuqanchikpa (our(incl))
|
singular
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
chakranchik
|
chakranchikkuna
|
| accusative
|
chakranchikta
|
chakranchikkunata
|
| dative
|
chakranchikman
|
chakranchikkunaman
|
| genitive
|
chakranchikpa
|
chakranchikkunap
|
| locative
|
chakranchikpi
|
chakranchikkunapi
|
| terminative
|
chakranchikkama
|
chakranchikkunakama
|
| ablative
|
chakranchikmanta
|
chakranchikkunamanta
|
| instrumental
|
chakranchikwan
|
chakranchikkunawan
|
| comitative
|
chakranchiknintin
|
chakranchikkunantin
|
| abessive
|
chakranchikninnaq
|
chakranchikkunannaq
|
| comparative
|
chakranchikhina
|
chakranchikkunahina
|
| causative
|
chakranchikrayku
|
chakranchikkunarayku
|
| benefactive
|
chakranchikpaq
|
chakranchikkunapaq
|
| associative
|
chakranchikpura
|
chakranchikkunapura
|
| distributive
|
chakranchikninka
|
chakranchikkunanka
|
| exclusive
|
chakranchiklla
|
chakranchikkunalla
|
ñuqaykup - first-person exclusive plural
| ñuqaykup (our(excl))
|
singular
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
chakrayku
|
chakraykukuna
|
| accusative
|
chakraykuta
|
chakraykukunata
|
| dative
|
chakraykuman
|
chakraykukunaman
|
| genitive
|
chakraykupa
|
chakraykukunap
|
| locative
|
chakraykupi
|
chakraykukunapi
|
| terminative
|
chakraykukama
|
chakraykukunakama
|
| ablative
|
chakraykumanta
|
chakraykukunamanta
|
| instrumental
|
chakraykuwan
|
chakraykukunawan
|
| comitative
|
chakraykuntin
|
chakraykukunantin
|
| abessive
|
chakraykunnaq
|
chakraykukunannaq
|
| comparative
|
chakraykuhina
|
chakraykukunahina
|
| causative
|
chakraykurayku
|
chakraykukunarayku
|
| benefactive
|
chakraykupaq
|
chakraykukunapaq
|
| associative
|
chakraykupura
|
chakraykukunapura
|
| distributive
|
chakraykunka
|
chakraykukunanka
|
| exclusive
|
chakraykulla
|
chakraykukunalla
|
qamkunap - second-person plural
| qamkunap (your(pl))
|
singular
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
chakraykichik
|
chakraykichikkuna
|
| accusative
|
chakraykichikta
|
chakraykichikkunata
|
| dative
|
chakraykichikman
|
chakraykichikkunaman
|
| genitive
|
chakraykichikpa
|
chakraykichikkunap
|
| locative
|
chakraykichikpi
|
chakraykichikkunapi
|
| terminative
|
chakraykichikkama
|
chakraykichikkunakama
|
| ablative
|
chakraykichikmanta
|
chakraykichikkunamanta
|
| instrumental
|
chakraykichikwan
|
chakraykichikkunawan
|
| comitative
|
chakraykichiknintin
|
chakraykichikkunantin
|
| abessive
|
chakraykichikninnaq
|
chakraykichikkunannaq
|
| comparative
|
chakraykichikhina
|
chakraykichikkunahina
|
| causative
|
chakraykichikrayku
|
chakraykichikkunarayku
|
| benefactive
|
chakraykichikpaq
|
chakraykichikkunapaq
|
| associative
|
chakraykichikpura
|
chakraykichikkunapura
|
| distributive
|
chakraykichikninka
|
chakraykichikkunanka
|
| exclusive
|
chakraykichiklla
|
chakraykichikkunalla
|
paykunap - third-person plural
| paykunap (their)
|
singular
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
chakranku
|
chakrankukuna
|
| accusative
|
chakrankuta
|
chakrankukunata
|
| dative
|
chakrankuman
|
chakrankukunaman
|
| genitive
|
chakrankupa
|
chakrankukunap
|
| locative
|
chakrankupi
|
chakrankukunapi
|
| terminative
|
chakrankukama
|
chakrankukunakama
|
| ablative
|
chakrankumanta
|
chakrankukunamanta
|
| instrumental
|
chakrankuwan
|
chakrankukunawan
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| comitative
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chakrankuntin
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chakrankukunantin
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| abessive
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chakrankunnaq
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chakrankukunannaq
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| comparative
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chakrankuhina
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chakrankukunahina
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| causative
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chakrankurayku
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chakrankukunarayku
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| benefactive
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chakrankupaq
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chakrankukunapaq
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| associative
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chakrankupura
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chakrankukunapura
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| distributive
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chakrankunka
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chakrankukunanka
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| exclusive
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chakrankulla
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chakrankukunalla
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Descendants
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit चक्र (cakra, “wheel, circle, point”). Doublet of ciclo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃakɾa/ [ˈt͡ʃa.kɾa]
- Rhymes: -akɾa
- Syllabification: cha‧kra
- Homophone: chacra
Noun
chakra m (uncountable)
- (Hinduism, Ayurveda) chakra
Further reading