चरख़ा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian چَرْخَه (čarxa). Doublet of चक्र (cakra), चक्कर (cakkar), and चाक (cāk).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃəɾ.xɑː/, [t͡ʃɐɾ.xäː], /t͡ʃəɾ.kʰɑː/, [t͡ʃɐɾ.kʰäː]

Noun

चरख़ा • (carxām (Urdu spelling چرخہ)

  1. spinning wheel

Declension

Declension of चरख़ा (masc ā-stem)
singular plural
direct चरख़ा
carxā
चरख़े
carxe
oblique चरख़े
carxe
चरख़ों
carxõ
vocative चरख़े
carxe
चरख़ो
carxo

Descendants

  • English: charkha