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चक्र

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Hindi

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit चक्र (cakra). Doublet of चक्कर (cakkar) and चरख़ा (carxā).

Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃək.ɾᵊ/, [t͡ʃɐk.ɾᵊ]

Noun

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चक्र (cakram (Urdu spelling چکر)

  1. circle, ring
  2. wheel
  3. cycle; sequence, progression
    जल चक्रjal cakrawater cycle
  4. (historical) chakram (an old Indian coin from Travancore)

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Sanskrit

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ćakrám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čakrám, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos (circle, wheel). Cognate with Avestan 𐬗𐬀𐬑𐬭𐬀 (caxra, wheel), Persian چرخ (čarx), Old Church Slavonic коло (kolo), Lithuanian kãklas, Tocharian B kokale, Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos), Latin colus, Old English hwēol (whence English wheel).

Noun

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चक्र (cakrá) stemn or m

  1. the wheel (of a carriage, of the Sun's chariot, of Time)[1]
  2. a potter's wheel (ShBr.)[1]
  3. a discus or sharp circular missile weapon, especially that of Vishnu[1]
  4. a circle (Puranic)[1]
  5. an astronomical circle, the zodiac[1]
  6. a mystical circle or diagram[1]
  7. a cycle, cycle of years or of seasons[1]
  8. a circle or depression of the body (for mystical or chiromantic purposes; 6 in number, one above the other), the fontenelle or union of the coronal and sagittal sutures[1]
  9. (prosody) name of a poetic metre[1]
  10. a troop, multitude[1]
Declension
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Neuter a-stem declension of चक्र
singular dual plural
nominative चक्रम् (cakrám) चक्रे (cakré) चक्राणि (cakrā́ṇi)
चक्रा¹ (cakrā́¹)
vocative चक्र (cákra) चक्रे (cákre) चक्राणि (cákrāṇi)
चक्रा¹ (cákrā¹)
accusative चक्रम् (cakrám) चक्रे (cakré) चक्राणि (cakrā́ṇi)
चक्रा¹ (cakrā́¹)
instrumental चक्रेण (cakréṇa) चक्राभ्याम् (cakrā́bhyām) चक्रैः (cakraíḥ)
चक्रेभिः¹ (cakrébhiḥ¹)
dative चक्राय (cakrā́ya) चक्राभ्याम् (cakrā́bhyām) चक्रेभ्यः (cakrébhyaḥ)
ablative चक्रात् (cakrā́t) चक्राभ्याम् (cakrā́bhyām) चक्रेभ्यः (cakrébhyaḥ)
genitive चक्रस्य (cakrásya) चक्रयोः (cakráyoḥ) चक्राणाम् (cakrā́ṇām)
locative चक्रे (cakré) चक्रयोः (cakráyoḥ) चक्रेषु (cakréṣu)
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Masculine a-stem declension of चक्र
singular dual plural
nominative चक्रः (cakráḥ) चक्रौ (cakraú)
चक्रा¹ (cakrā́¹)
चक्राः (cakrā́ḥ)
चक्रासः¹ (cakrā́saḥ¹)
vocative चक्र (cákra) चक्रौ (cákrau)
चक्रा¹ (cákrā¹)
चक्राः (cákrāḥ)
चक्रासः¹ (cákrāsaḥ¹)
accusative चक्रम् (cakrám) चक्रौ (cakraú)
चक्रा¹ (cakrā́¹)
चक्रान् (cakrā́n)
instrumental चक्रेण (cakréṇa) चक्राभ्याम् (cakrā́bhyām) चक्रैः (cakraíḥ)
चक्रेभिः¹ (cakrébhiḥ¹)
dative चक्राय (cakrā́ya) चक्राभ्याम् (cakrā́bhyām) चक्रेभ्यः (cakrébhyaḥ)
ablative चक्रात् (cakrā́t) चक्राभ्याम् (cakrā́bhyām) चक्रेभ्यः (cakrébhyaḥ)
genitive चक्रस्य (cakrásya) चक्रयोः (cakráyoḥ) चक्राणाम् (cakrā́ṇām)
locative चक्रे (cakré) चक्रयोः (cakráyoḥ) चक्रेषु (cakréṣu)
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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चक्र (cakrá)

  1. second-person plural active of चकार (cakā́ra)

References

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  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 Monier Williams (1899) “चक्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0380.