ചക്രം

Malayalam

Alternative forms

• ചക്ക (cakka) (tadbhava)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit चक्र (cakra). Doublet of സൈക്കിൾ (saikkiḷ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɐkrɐm/
• Hyphenation: ച‧ക്രം
• Rhymes: -ɐm

Noun

ചക്രം • (cakraṁ)

1. wheel
2. (historical) chakram, chuckram (former Travancore currency)

Further reading

• Gundert, Hermann (1872), “ചക്രം [cakraṁ]”, in A Malayalam and English dictionary, Mangalore, London: C. Stolz; Trübner & Co., page 340
• Warrier, M. I. (2008), “ചക്രം [cakraṁ]”, in Malayalam-English Dictionary (in Malayalam), 22nd edition, Kottayam: DC Books, page 394