چرخہ

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Urdu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

Noun[edit]

چرخہ (carxāf (Hindi spelling चरख़ा)

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