چرخه

See also: خرجة

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃaɾ.xa]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰäɾ.xä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰäɾ.xä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰäɾ.xä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰäɾ.xä]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰæɹ.xe]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰäɾ.χä]

Readings
Classical reading?	čarxa
Dari reading?	čarxa
Iranian reading?	čarxe
Tajik reading?	čarxa

Etymology 1

From Proto-Iranian *čaxrákah (“spinning wheel”), from Proto-Iranian *čaxrám (“wheel”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čakrám (“wheel”).

Noun

چرخه • (čarxe) (plural چرخه‌ها (čarxe-hâ))

1. spinning wheel

Etymology 2

From Proto-Iranian *čaxrám (“wheel”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čakrám (“wheel”).

Noun

چرخه • (čarxe) (plural چرخه‌ها (čarxe-hâ))

1. cycle

Derived terms

• دوچرخه (do-čarxe)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “چرخه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “چرخه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press