charkha

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noun

A domestic spinning wheel, used mostly for spinning cotton.

OriginHindustani ← Classical Persian چرخ ← Middle Persian 𐫝𐫍𐫡 →
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Meanings

nouncharkha (plural charkhas)

plural charkhas · alternative churka

  1. IndiaPakistanA domestic spinning wheel, used mostly for spinning cotton.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷékʷlos“wheel, circle”
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranian*čakrám
  3. Proto-Iranian*čaxrám
  4. Middle Persian𐫝𐫍𐫡“wheel, cycle”
  5. Classical Persianچرخ
  6. Hindustani
  7. Englishcharkha

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.

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