noun
Meaning 1
A disc-like throwing weapon from India.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chalikar
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
chakram
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noun
Meaning 2
A former currency of Travancore in present-day India.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Sanskrit चक्रम् (cakram), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kwékwlos. Doublet of chakra, charkha, chukker, cycle, cyclus, kike, and wheel.
] From Malayalam ചക്രം (cakraṁ, “wheel”), from Sanskrit चक्र (cakra).
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Hindi: चक्र (cakra) — a throwing disc weapon
- Hindi: चक्रम् (cakram) — a throwing disc weapon
- Japanese: チャクラム (chakuramu) — a throwing disc weapon
- Marathi: चक्र (cakra) — a throwing disc weapon
- Polish: czakram — a throwing disc weapon
- Russian: ча́кра (čákra) — a throwing disc weapon
- Malayalam: ചക്രം (cakraṁ) — Translations
- Polish: czakram — Translations
Real reading context