cakra

English

Noun

cakra (plural cakras)

1. Alternative form of chakra

Anagrams

• Racka, arack

Balinese

Romanization

cakra

1. Romanization of ᬘᬓ᭄ᬭ

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay cakera, cakra, from Classical Malay چکرا (cakera), چکرا (cakra), from Sanskrit चक्र (cakra), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *ćakrám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čakrám, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos. Doublet of cakram and siklus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃa.k(ə.)ra/
• Hyphenation: ca‧kra

Noun

cakra

1. the wheel.
2. a discus or sharp circular missile weapon, especially that of Vishu.
3. chakra, spiritual energy nexuses.

Synonyms

• cakram

Further reading

• “cakra” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

cakra

1. Romanization of ꦕꦏꦿ

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit चक्र (cakra).

Noun

cakra (plural cakra-cakra, informal 1st possessive cakraku, 2nd possessive cakramu, 3rd possessive cakranya)

1. disc

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit चक्र (cakra), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *ćakrám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čakrám, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃa.kra/
• Hyphenation: ca‧kra

Noun

cakra

1. wheel
2. discus

Derived terms

• añakra
• cinakra
• cinakrakĕn
• macakra 290:7.1
• pañakra

 

• bhāwacakra
• cakra-paricakra
• cakrabhuwana
• cakrabhāwa
• cakrabyūha
• cakradala
• cakralakṣaṇa
• cakramakah
• cakrapāṇi
• cakrarakṣaka
• cakrasaṅkrānti
• cakrawarti
• cakrawartitanaya
• cakrawartyawān
• cakrawat
• cakrawāka
• cakrawṛddhi
• cakrāsana
• cakrāyudha
• cakrāṅga
• cakrāṅgī
• gaṇacakra
• jyoticakra
• mudracakra
• paracakra
• paricakra
• rathacakra

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦕꦏꦿ (cakra)
• → Balinese: ᬘᬓ᭄ᬭ (cakra)

Further reading

• "cakra" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.