چرخه

See also: خرجة, خرچہ, چرخہ, and خرچه

Persian

Pronunciation

 

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

Etymology 1

From Proto-Iranian *čaxrákah (spinning wheel), derived from *čaxrám (wheel), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čakrám (wheel). Compare Old Armenian ճախարակ (čaxarak).

Noun

چرخه • (čarxa / čarxe) (plural چرخه‌ها (čarxa-hā / čarxe-hâ), Tajik spelling чарха)

  1. spinning wheel
Descendants
  • Bengali: চরকা (corka)
  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: चरख़ा (carxā)
    Urdu: چَرْخَہ (carxa)
  • Gujarati: ચરખો (carkho)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

چرخه • (čarxa / čarxe) (plural چرخه‌ها (čarxa-hā / čarxe-hâ), Tajik spelling чарха)

  1. cycle
Derived terms

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