Northern Kurdish

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Etymology

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from Proto-Iranian *čaxrám (compare Avestan 𐬗𐬀𐬑𐬭𐬀 (caxra, wheel)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čakrám (compare Sanskrit चक्र (cakrá)), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos (wheel, circle) (Compare Persian چرخ (čarx)).

Noun

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çerx f or m

  1. wheel
  2. century

References

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  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “çerx”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 106

Zazaki

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Etymology

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Compare Persian چرخ (čarx).

Noun

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çerx

  1. wheel