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单词 charkha
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Definition of charkha in English:

charkha

(also charka)
nounˈtʃəːkəˈCHərkə
  • (in South Asia) a domestic spinning wheel used chiefly for cotton.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The soft sound of charkas and the chanting of ‘Vande mataram’ and ‘Raghupathy Raghava’ flowed out of a nondescript building on Cherry Road, Salem.
    • K. Jyothi, who was excited at being able to spin the charkha, said, ‘I just came here to listen to the stories, but now I really want to learn the art of spinning that was popular in Gandhiji's time.’
    • It was a conviction that fuelled Mahatma Gandhi's espousal of the evocative emblem of the charkha.
    • Nowhere else in India will you see spinning on single spindle charkas with 24 spokes, claims Lakshman Rao.
    • As they pulled and twisted the cotton in the charkha, the children learnt to weave in threads and also became familiar with stories centred on it.

Origin

From Urdu charḵa 'spinning wheel', from Persian; related to Sanskrit cakra 'wheel'.

 
 

Definition of charkha in US English:

charkha

(also charka)
nounˈCHərkə
  • (in South Asia) a domestic spinning wheel used chiefly for cotton.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Nowhere else in India will you see spinning on single spindle charkas with 24 spokes, claims Lakshman Rao.
    • As they pulled and twisted the cotton in the charkha, the children learnt to weave in threads and also became familiar with stories centred on it.
    • The soft sound of charkas and the chanting of ‘Vande mataram’ and ‘Raghupathy Raghava’ flowed out of a nondescript building on Cherry Road, Salem.
    • It was a conviction that fuelled Mahatma Gandhi's espousal of the evocative emblem of the charkha.
    • K. Jyothi, who was excited at being able to spin the charkha, said, ‘I just came here to listen to the stories, but now I really want to learn the art of spinning that was popular in Gandhiji's time.’

Origin

From Urdu charḵa ‘spinning wheel’, from Persian; related to Sanskrit cakra ‘wheel’.

 
 
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