चर्ख़

Hindi

Alternative forms

• चरख़ (carax)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian چَرْخ (čarx).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃəɾx/, [t͡ʃɐɾx], /t͡ʃəɾkʰ/, [t͡ʃɐɾkʰ]

Noun

चर्ख़ • (carx) m

1. (literary) wheel
   1. potter's wheel
   2. lathe
   3. spinning wheel
2. (poetic) the sky, celestial globe, the heavens
   • Brij Narayan Chakbast, रामायण का एक सीन:

     इक दफ़्तर-ए-मज़ालिम-ए-चर्ख़-ए-कुहन खुला

     ik daftar-e-mazālim-e-carx-e-kuhan khulā

     a scroll of tyrannies of the ancient heavens opened

Declension

Declension of चर्ख़ (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चर्ख़ carx	चर्ख़ carx
oblique	चर्ख़ carx	चर्ख़ों carxõ
vocative	चर्ख़ carx	चर्ख़ो carxo

Derived terms

• चरख़-चूँ (carax-cū̃)
• चरख़-हिंडोला (carax-hiṇḍolā)
• चर्ख़ चढ़ाना (carx caṛhānā)

 

Related terms

• चर्ख़-ए-अख़्ज़र (carx-e-axzar)
• चर्ख़-ए-अतलस (carx-e-atlas)
• चर्ख़-ए-पीर (carx-e-pīr)
• चर्ख़-ए-बरीं (carx-e-barī̃)