چرخہ
Urdu edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed 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 چاک (cāk) and چکر (cakkar, cakra).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /t͡ʃəɾ.xɑː/
Noun edit
چرخہ • (carxā) f (Hindi spelling चरख़ा)
- A domestic spinning wheel, used mostly for spinning cotton.