charkha

Meaning

Noun

A domestic spinning wheel, used mostly for spinning cotton.

Origin

Borrowed from Indic चरख़ा / چرخہ, from Persian چرخ from Middle Persian 𐫝𐫍𐫡, from Proto-Iranian *čaxrám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čakrám, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos ("wheel, circle"). cycle, wheel, chakra, and Ku Klux Klan.

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