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单词 charkha
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charkha

/ˈtʃəːkə /
(also charka)
noun
(In South Asia) a domestic spinning wheel used chiefly for cotton.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....
  • 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.

Origin

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

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