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chakram

chakram noun: a disc-like throwing weapon from India.

chakram: a disc-like throwing weapon from India
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Noun (1)

chakram (plural chakrams)

  1. A disc-like throwing weapon from India.
    Synonyms:
    chalikar

Noun (2)

chakram (plural chakrams)

  1. (historical) A former currency of Travancore in present-day India.

chakram meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam and Gujarati

chakram in Hindi

a throwing disc weapon
चक्र cakra, चक्रम् cakram

chakram in Marathi

a throwing disc weapon
चक्र cakra

chakram in Malayalam

Translations
ചക്രം cakraṁ

chakram in Gujarati

chakram
ચક્ર cakra

Synonyms of chakram

Forms of chakram

pluralchakrams
alternative formchuckram
alternative formchuckrum
alternative formchukram

Origin of chakram

From Sanskrit चक्रम् (cakram), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos. Doublet of chakra, charkha, chukker, cycle, cyclus, kike, and wheel.

] From Malayalam ചക്രം (cakraṁ, “wheel”), from Sanskrit चक्र (cakra).

Questions about chakram

What does chakram mean?
Chakram means a disc-like throwing weapon from India.
What is chakram in Hindi?
Chakram in Hindi is चक्र (cakra), चक्रम् (cakram). See Chakram meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is chakram?
Chakram is a noun.
What is the plural of chakram?
The plural of chakram is chakrams.

Words near chakram in the dictionary

  1. chakra healing
  2. Chakraborty
  3. Chakrabortys
  4. Chakradhar
  5. chakral
  6. chakram
  7. chakrams
  8. Chakrapani
  9. chakras
  10. Chakravakam
  11. chakravala method

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: chakram (page history and authors); ચક્ર (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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