چرخہ

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (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

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃəɾ.xɑː/

Noun

چرخہ • (carxā) f (Hindi spelling चरख़ा)

A domestic spinning wheel, used mostly for spinning cotton.

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