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English
Noun
cakra (plural cakras)
- Alternative form of chakra
Anagrams
Balinese
Romanization
cakra
- Romanization of ᬘᬓ᭄ᬭ
Indonesian
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃa.k(ə.)ra/
- Hyphenation: ca‧kra
Noun
cakra
- the wheel.
- a discus or sharp circular missile weapon, especially that of Vishu.
- chakra, spiritual energy nexuses.
Synonyms
Further reading
Javanese
Romanization
cakra
- Romanization of ꦕꦏꦿ
Malay
Etymology
From Sanskrit चक्र (cakra).
Noun
cakra (plural cakra-cakra, informal 1st possessive cakraku, 2nd possessive cakramu, 3rd possessive cakranya)
- 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
- wheel
- discus
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- "cakra" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.