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CHARKHA
Definition of CHARKHA
noun
A domestic spinning wheel, used mostly for spinning cotton.
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Where it comes from
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.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
- Proto-Indo-European
- Persian
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,636)
How it is built
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CHARKHA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 137, 4 October 2026.
Built from these letters
CHARKHA starts with C and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AACHHKR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. H and A appear more than once.
Words that start CHARKH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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