Etymology

chakram

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Today it means: A disc-like throwing weapon from India. Full definition →

Sanskrit चक्रम् (cakram) ← Proto-Indo-Aryan *ćakrám ← Proto-Indo-Iranian *čakrám
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chakram · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷékʷlos
  3. Proto-Indo-Iranian*čakrám
  4. Proto-Indo-Aryan*ćakrám
  5. Sanskritचक्रम् (cakram)
  6. English todaychakram

From Sanskrit चक्रम् (cakram), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos. Doublet of chakra, charkha, chukker, cycle, cyclus, kike, and wheel.

chakram · noun2

  1. Sanskrit · derived fromचक्र
  2. Malayalam · borrowed fromചക്രം“wheel”
  3. English todaychakram

] From Malayalam ചക്രം (cakraṁ, “wheel”), from Sanskrit चक्र (cakra).

Words from the same roots

Proto-Indo-European*kʷékʷlos all →

cyclecharkha

Sanskritचक्र all →

chakrachukker

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