charkha

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English

Mahatma Gandhi's charkha

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Etymology

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, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos (wheel, circle). Doublet of chakra, chakram, chukker, cycle, cyclus, and wheel.

Noun

charkha (plural charkhas)

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

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