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chakram

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.74 in modern English

Syllables
chakram
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A disc-like throwing weapon from India.

noun

A former currency of Travancore in present-day India.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos Proto-Indo-Iranian *čakrám Proto-Indo-Aryan *ćakrám Sanskrit चक्रम् (cakram)bor. English chakram From Sanskrit चक्रम् (cakram), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos. Doublet of chakra, charkha, chukker, cycle, cyclus, kike, and wheel.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: चक्र, *kʷékʷlos, ചക്രം

Inflected Forms

chakrams (plural) chuckram (alternative) chuckrum (alternative) chukram (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

cash (1 16 chakram) fanam (4 chakrams) rupee (28 chakrams)

Synonyms

chalikar

Questions

What does chakram mean?
A disc-like throwing weapon from India.
Where does chakram come from?
It is traced to Sanskrit.

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