چاکر

Malay

Noun

چاکر (plural چاکر-چاکر or چاکر۲, informal 1st possessive چاکرکو, 2nd possessive چاکرمو, 3rd possessive چاکرڽ)

1. Jawi spelling of cakar

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Sogdian *čākar (“armed retainer of a lord”), a word attested in Chinese and Arabic transcriptions.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃɑː.ˈkaɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɑː.kʰǽɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɑː.kʰǽɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɑː.kʰǽɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɔː.kʰǽɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɒː.ˈkʲeɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰɔ.kʰǽɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	čākar
Dari reading?	čākar
Iranian reading?	čâker
Tajik reading?	čokar

Noun

چاکر • (čâker) (plural چاکرها (čâker-hâ))

1. servant

   Synonym: نوکر (nowkar)

   • c. 1260, Saʿdī, “Rubaʿī 74”, in دیوان سعدی [The Divān of Saʿdī]‎^[1]:

     من چاکر آنم که دلی برباید
     یا دل به کسی دهد که جان آساید
     آن کس که نه عاشق و نه معشوق کسیست
     در ملک خدای اگر نباشد شاید

     man čakar-i ān-am ki dilē birubāyad
     yā dil ba kasē dihad ki jān āsāyad
     ān kas ki na āšiq u na ma'šuq-i kasē-st
     dar mulk-i xudāy agar na-bāšad šāyad

     I am the servant of he who snatches a heart away,
     Or gives his heart to someone who soothes the soul;
     The person who is neither someone's lover nor beloved
     Is worthy of God's kingdom, should he not be there.

     (Classical Persian transliteration.)

Derived terms

• چاکرانه (čâkerâne)
• چاکرم (čâker-am)
• چاکری (čâkeri)

 

Descendants

• → Assamese: চাকৰ (sakor)
• → Bengali: চাকর (cakor)
• → Gujarati: ચાકર (cākar)
• → Hindustani: cākar

  Hindi: चाकर

  Urdu: چاکر

• → Malayalam: ചാക്കിരി (cākkiri)
• → Marathi: चाकर (cākar)
• → Ottoman Turkish: چاكر (çaker)
  • Turkish: çaker

Further reading

• De la Vaissiere, Etienne (2006 August 15) “ČĀKAR”, in Encyclopaedia Iranica‎^[2]

Urdu

Noun

چاکر • (cākar) m (Hindi spelling चाकर)

1. servant