Urdu Dictionary

چرخ ćarḵẖ, vulg. ćaraḵẖ

P چرخ ćarḵẖ, vulg. ćaraḵẖ [Zend ćakhra; S. ćakza], s.m. A wheel (as of a water-mill, or of a well, &c.); a potter's wheel; a lathe; the celestial globe or orb, the sphere of the heavens, the heavens, the sky;—circular motion; turn;—fortune, chance;—a cross-bow; a bow in a very tense state;—a falcon (particularly a white one); a hyena:—ćarḵẖ-ě-as̤īr, s.m. The ethereal sphere; the heaven of the stars:—ćarḵẖ-ě-aḵẖẓar, s.m. The blue vault, the ethereal sphere;—ćarḵẖ-ě-at̤las, s.m. The crystalline sphere or heaven (where the Mohammadans imagine the throne of God is fixed):—ćarḵẖ-andāz, s.m. A bowman; an expert archer:—ćarḵẖ-pūjā, ćaraḵẖ-pūjā, s.f. A ceremony observed by the lower orders of Hindūs on the day when the sun enters Aries, for the expiation of their sins (they are suspended, by an iron hook thrust through the flesh of the back, to one end of a lever which is raised on the top of a high pole, and whirled round by means of a rope attached to the other end: this penance is often

performed by proxy for those who are rich enough to pay for it):—ćarḵẖ ćaṛhānā, v.t. To turn (on a lathe):—ćarḵẖ ćaṛhnā, v.n. To be turned (as on a lathe); to dress or adorn (oneself):—ćaraḵẖ-ćūṅ, ćarraḵẖ-ćūṅ, s.f. The creaking of a wheel (cf. ćar-ćūṅ):—ćarḵẖ-ě-dawwār, s.m. Revolving heaven; the sky, the firmament; changeable fortune:—ćarḵẖ-ě-dolābī, s.m. The celestial orb; the sky:—ćarḵẖ-zan, adj. & s.m. Whirling, turning, revolving;—one who turns a wheel; a spinner:—ćarḵẖ-zanī, s.f. Spinning; a spinning-wheel:—ćarḵẖ khānā, v.n. To be turned; to turn round, whirl, revolve, rotate; to circulate; to be formed into globules (as quicksilver, &c.); to be tested (by fire, as metals):—ćarḵẖ mārnā, v.n. To wheel, turn round, revolve, to move or soar in a circle; to circulate (as the blood):—ćarḵẖ-hinḍolā s.m. A merry-go-round.