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Hindi
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit चक्र (cakra). Doublet of चाक (cāk), चक्का (cakkā), चक्र (cakra), and चरख़ा (carxā). Cognate with Punjabi ਚੱਕਰ (cakkar), Bengali চক্কর (cokkor), Assamese চকৰ (sokor) and চকৰি (sokori), Sylheti ꠌꠇꠞ (soxor).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃək.kəɾ/,
Noun
चक्कर • (cakkar) m (Urdu spelling چکر)
- curve, turn, circle; spiral
- roundabout, traffic circle
- (figurative) dizziness, lightheadedness
- चक्कर आना ― cakkar ānā ― to feel dizzy
- (slang) affair
उनके बीच कुछ चक्कर चल रहा है क्या?- unke bīc kuch cakkar cal rahā hai kyā?
- Is there some sort of affair happening between them?
Declension
Declension of चक्कर (masc cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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direct
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चक्कर cakkar
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चक्कर cakkar
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oblique
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चक्कर cakkar
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चक्करों cakkarõ
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vocative
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चक्कर cakkar
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चक्करो cakkaro
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Synonyms
- चक्र (cakra) (more formal)
References
- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “चक्कर”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
- Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “चक्कर”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
- “चक्कर”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “चक्कर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “चक्कर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884) “चक्र”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.