Chakram

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A disc-like throwing weapon from India.
  2. 2
    A former currency of Travancore in present-day India. historical

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chalikarchalikar

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit चक्रम् (cakram), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos. Doublet of chakra, charkha, chukker, cycle, cyclus, kike, and wheel.

Etymology 2

] From Malayalam ചക്രം (cakraṁ, “wheel”), from Sanskrit चक्र (cakra).

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