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charkha

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.39 in modern English

Syllables
charkha
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A domestic spinning wheel, used mostly for spinning cotton.

Indian usage

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani چرخہ (carxa) / चरख़ा (carxā), from Classical Persian چرخ (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 chakra, chakram, chukker, cycle, cyclus, kike, and wheel.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: چرخ, 𐫝𐫍𐫡, *čaxrám, *čakrám, *kʷékʷlos

Usage

Inflected Forms

charkhas (plural) churka (alternative)

Questions

What does charkha mean?
A domestic spinning wheel, used mostly for spinning cotton.
Where does charkha come from?
It is traced to Middle Persian.

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