চরকা

Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Bengali চরখা (corkha), borrowed from Classical Persian چرخه (čarxa), from Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠čaxrag⁠/), from Old Persian *čaxrakaʰ, from Proto-Iranian *čaxrákah (“spinning wheel”), from Proto-Iranian *čaxrám (“wheel”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čakrám. Doublet of চাকা (caka), চক্র (cokro), and চক্কর (cokkor). Compare Hindustani چَرْخَہ (carxa) / चरख़ा (carxā).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɔɾka/, [ˈt͡ʃɔɾkaˑ]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /tɕɔɹka/, [ˈtɕɔɹkaˑ]

Noun

চরকা • (corka)

1. spinning wheel

Derived terms

• চরকি (corki)
• নিজের চরকায় তেল দাও (nijer corkaẏ tel daō)