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charkha

charkha noun: a domestic spinning wheel, used mostly for spinning cotton.

charkha: a domestic spinning wheel, used mostly for spinning cotton
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Noun

charkha (plural charkhas)

  1. (India, Pakistan) A domestic spinning wheel, used mostly for spinning cotton.

Forms of charkha

pluralcharkhas
alternative formchurka

Origin of charkha

Borrowed from Hindustani چرخہ (carxa) / चरख़ा (carxā), from Classical Persian چرخ (čarx), from Middle Persian 𐫝𐫍𐫡 (chr /⁠čahr⁠/, “wheel, cycle”), from Proto-Iranian *čaxrám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čakrám, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos (“wheel, circle”). Doublet of chakra, chakram, chukker, cycle, cyclus, kike, and wheel.

Questions about charkha

What does charkha mean?
Charkha means a domestic spinning wheel, used mostly for spinning cotton.
What part of speech is charkha?
Charkha is a noun.
What is the plural of charkha?
The plural of charkha is charkhas.

Words near charkha in the dictionary

  1. charka
  2. charkas
  3. charked
  4. Charker
  5. Charkers
  6. charkha
  7. charkhana
  8. charkhanas
  9. charkhas
  10. Charkhi Dadri
  11. Charkhlik

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