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chakra

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈtʃæ.kɹə/
  • UK: /ˈtʃʌ.kɹə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈt͡ʃɑː.kɹə/
  • US: /ˈt͡ʃæ.kɹə/
  • US: /ˈt͡ʃʌ.kɹə/
  • rhymes with -ækɹə
  • rhymes with (US) -ɑːkɹə

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of (at least) seven centres of spiritual energy in or near the body, according to Ayurveda philosophy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Hinduism

Topics: Ayurveda, alternative-medicine, medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Synonym of hackery.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hackery

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Hindi चक्र (cakra) and directly from Sanskrit चक्र (cakra, “wheel, disc, cycle”). As a synonym for hackery, either a correction or hypercorrection of that term based on one of its proposed etymologies. Doublet of chakram, charkha, chukker, cycle, cyclus, kike, and wheel.

Across languages

Translations

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: شَاكِرَة (šākira) — spiritual energy nexuses
  • Catalan: txakra — spiritual energy nexuses
  • Chinese Mandarin: 脈輪 /脉轮 (màilún) — spiritual energy nexuses
  • Chinese Mandarin: 查克拉 (chákèlā) — spiritual energy nexuses
  • Chinese Mandarin: 氣卦 /气卦 (qìguà) — spiritual energy nexuses
  • Chinese Mandarin: 輪 /轮 (lún) — spiritual energy nexuses
  • Czech: čakra — spiritual energy nexuses
  • Danish: chakra — spiritual energy nexuses
  • Dutch: chakra — spiritual energy nexuses
  • Esperanto: ĉakro — spiritual energy nexuses
  • Finnish: chakra — spiritual energy nexuses
  • Finnish: tsakra — spiritual energy nexuses
  • Finnish: tšakra — spiritual energy nexuses
  • French: chakra — spiritual energy nexuses
  • French: tchakra — spiritual energy nexuses
  • German: Chakra — spiritual energy nexuses
  • Gujarati: ચક્ર (cakra) — spiritual energy nexuses
  • Hindi: चक्रम् (cakram) — spiritual energy nexuses
  • Hindi: चक्र (cakra) — spiritual energy nexuses
  • Hungarian: csakra — spiritual energy nexuses
  • Icelandic: sjakra — spiritual energy nexuses
  • Indonesian: cakra — spiritual energy nexuses
  • Italian: chakra — spiritual energy nexuses
  • Japanese: チャクラ (chakura) — spiritual energy nexuses
  • Kannada: ಚಕ್ರ (cakra) — spiritual energy nexuses
  • Khmer: ចក្រ (ca kraʔ) — spiritual energy nexuses
  • Korean: 차크라 (chakeura) — spiritual energy nexuses
  • Marathi: चक्र (cakra) — spiritual energy nexuses
  • Persian: چاکرا (čâkrâ) — spiritual energy nexuses
  • Persian: چکره (čakre) — spiritual energy nexuses
  • Polish: czakra — spiritual energy nexuses
  • Polish: czakram — spiritual energy nexuses
  • Polish: ćakra — spiritual energy nexuses
  • Portuguese: chakra — spiritual energy nexuses
  • Portuguese: chacra — spiritual energy nexuses
  • Romanian: chakra — spiritual energy nexuses
  • Russian: ча́кра (čákra) — spiritual energy nexuses
  • Sanskrit: चक्र (cakra) — spiritual energy nexuses
  • Sanskrit: चक्रम् (cakram) — spiritual energy nexuses
  • Serbo-Croatian: чакра — spiritual energy nexuses
  • Serbo-Croatian: čakra — spiritual energy nexuses
  • Slovene: čakra — spiritual energy nexuses
  • Sogdian: 𐼿𐼸𐼸𐽀 (čakkar) — spiritual energy nexuses
  • Spanish: chakra — spiritual energy nexuses
  • Swedish: chakra — spiritual energy nexuses
  • Thai: จักร (jàk) — spiritual energy nexuses
  • Thai: จักระ (jàk-grà) — spiritual energy nexuses
  • Turkish: çakra — spiritual energy nexuses
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