charkha

== English == === Alternative forms === churka === 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, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos (“wheel, circle”). Doublet of chakra, chakram, chukker, cycle, cyclus, kike, and wheel. === Noun === charkha (plural charkhas) (Pakistan, India) A domestic spinning wheel, used mostly for spinning cotton. === Further reading === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “churka”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to XII), New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 248.