cakra

English

Noun

cakra (plural cakras)

1. Alternative form of chakra.

Anagrams

• Racka, arack

Balinese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Javanese cakra (“wheel; discus”), from Sanskrit चक्र (cakrá).

Noun

cakra (Balinese script ᬘᬓ᭄ᬭ)

1. disc
2. wheel
3. a diacritic mark

   Synonym: guung

Derived terms

• cakrabawa
• cakrawarti

Further reading

• “cakra”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• cakera
• tjakera (1901–1947, 1947–1972)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃakra/ [ˈt͡ʃak̚.ra]
• Rhymes: -akra
• Syllabification: cak‧ra

Etymology 1

From Malay cakera, cakra, from Classical Malay چکرا (cakera), چکرا (cakra), from Sanskrit चक्र (cakra), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *ćakrám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čakrám, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos. Doublet of cakram and siklus.

Noun

cakra (plural cakra-cakra)

1. wheel
2. disc

   Synonym: cakram

3. a discus or sharp circular missile weapon, especially that of Vishu
4. chakra, spiritual energy nexuses
5. a diacritic mark indicating R in Javanese script. [since 2024]

Derived terms

• cakra ajna
• cakra anahata
• cakra dasar
• cakra jantung
• cakra mahkota
• cakra manggilingan
• cakra manipura
• cakra mayor
• cakra minor
• cakra pusar
• cakra sakral
• cakra seks
• cakra solar
• cakra sudarsana
• cakra tenggorokan
• cakra utama
• cakram selingan

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sundanese [Term?].

Noun

cakra (plural cakra-cakra)

1. young squirrel [since 2024]

Further reading

• “cakra”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Javanese

Romanization

cakra

1. romanization of ꦕꦏꦿ

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit चक्र (cakra).

Noun

cakra (plural cakra-cakra or cakra²)

1. disc

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit चक्र (cakra), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *ćakrám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čakrám, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃa.kra/
• Hyphenation: ca‧kra

Noun

cakra

1. wheel
2. discus

Derived terms

• añakra
• cinakra
• cinakrakĕn
• macakra 290:7.1
• pañakra

• bhāwacakra
• cakra-paricakra
• cakrabhuwana
• cakrabhāwa
• cakrabyūha
• cakradala
• cakralakṣaṇa
• cakramakah
• cakrapāṇi
• cakrarakṣaka
• cakrasaṅkrānti
• cakrawarti
• cakrawartitanaya
• cakrawartyawān
• cakrawat
• cakrawāka
• cakrawṛddhi
• cakrāsana
• cakrāyudha
• cakrāṅga
• cakrāṅgī
• gaṇacakra
• jyoticakra
• mudracakra
• paracakra
• paricakra
• rathacakra

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦕꦏꦿ (cakra)
• → Balinese: ᬘᬓ᭄ᬭ (cakra)

Further reading

• "cakra" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Old Khmer

Noun

cakra

1. Latin script form of ចក្រ (“round, circle, ring; wheel; discus”)