cakra

English

Noun

cakra (plural cakras)

  1. Alternative form of chakra.

Anagrams

Balinese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Javanese cakra (wheel; discus), from Sanskrit चक्र (cakrá).

Noun

cakra (Balinese script ᬘᬓ᭄ᬭ)

  1. disc
  2. wheel
  3. a diacritic mark
    Synonym: guung

Derived terms

Further reading

  • cakra”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃakra/ [ˈt͡ʃak̚.ra]
  • Rhymes: -akra
  • Syllabification: cak‧ra

Etymology 1

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.

Noun

cakra (plural cakra-cakra)

  1. wheel
  2. disc
    Synonym: cakram
  3. a discus or sharp circular missile weapon, especially that of Vishu
  4. chakra, spiritual energy nexuses
  5. a diacritic mark indicating R in Javanese script. [since 2024]
Derived terms
  • cakra ajna
  • cakra anahata
  • cakra dasar
  • cakra jantung
  • cakra mahkota
  • cakra manggilingan
  • cakra manipura
  • cakra mayor
  • cakra minor
  • cakra pusar
  • cakra sakral
  • cakra seks
  • cakra solar
  • cakra sudarsana
  • cakra tenggorokan
  • cakra utama
  • cakram selingan

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sundanese [Term?].

Noun

cakra (plural cakra-cakra)

  1. young squirrel [since 2024]

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

cakra

  1. romanization of ꦕꦏꦿ

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit चक्र (cakra).

Noun

cakra (plural cakra-cakra or cakra2)

  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.

Old Khmer

Noun

cakra

  1. Latin script form of ចក្រ (round, circle, ring; wheel; discus)