चक्कर
Hindi
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Northwestern Indo-Aryan, whence Punjabi ਚੱਕਰ (cakkar), itself a semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit चक्र (cakra) through Prakrit 𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀓 (cakka). Doublet of चाक (cāk), चक्का (cakkā), चक्र (cakra), and चरख़ा (carxā). Compare Bengali চক্কর (cokkor), Assamese চকৰ (sokor) and চকৰি (sokori), Sylheti ꠌꠇꠞ (soxor).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editचक्कर • (cakkar) m (Urdu spelling چکر)
- curve, turn, circle; spiral
- roundabout, traffic circle
- (figurative) dizziness, lightheadedness
- चक्कर आना ― cakkar ānā ― to feel dizzy
- (slang) affair
- उनके बीच कुछ चक्कर चल रहा है क्या?
- unke bīc kuch cakkar cal rahā hai kyā?
- Is there some sort of affair happening between them?
Declension
editDeclension of चक्कर (masc cons-stem)
Synonyms
edit- चक्र (cakra) (more formal)
References
edit- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “चक्कर”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
- Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “चक्कर”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
- “चक्कर”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “चक्कर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “चक्कर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884) “चक्र”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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