चक्का

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Northwestern Indo-Aryan (compare Punjabi ਚੱਕਰ (cakkar)), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀓 (cakka) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit चक्र (cakra), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *ćakrám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čakrám, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos. Doublet of चाक (cāk), the inherited form in Hindustani. See there for more.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃək.kɑː/, [t͡ʃɐk̚.käː]

Noun

चक्का • (cakkā) m (Urdu spelling چکا or چکہ)

1. wheel
2. tyre

   साइकिल के चक्के टूट गए। ― sāikil ke cakke ṭūṭ gae. ― The wheels of the cycle broke.

   चक्का घूम रहा था। ― cakkā ghūm rahā thā. ― The wheel was spinning.

3. any flat round object

Declension

Declension of चक्का (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चक्का cakkā	चक्के cakke
oblique	चक्के cakke	चक्कों cakkõ
vocative	चक्के cakke	चक्को cakko

Derived terms

• चक्काजाम (cakkājām)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “चक्का”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “चक्का”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha

Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡sʌk̚kä]
• Phonetic Devanagari: चक्का

Noun

चक्का • (cakkā)

1. wheel
2. tyre

Derived terms

• चक्काजाम (cakkājām)