𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀓

Prakrit

Etymology

From Sanskrit चक्र (cakrá), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *ćakrám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čakrám, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos (“circle, wheel”). Cognate with Pali cakka.

Noun

𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀓 (cakka) n (Devanagari चक्क, Kannada ಚಕ್ಕ) (Maharastri)

1. wheel

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀓 (neuter)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀁 (cakkaṃ)	𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀇𑀁 (cakkāiṃ) or 𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀇 (cakkāi)
Accusative	𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀁 (cakkaṃ)	𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀇𑀁 (cakkāiṃ) or 𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀇 (cakkāi)
Instrumental	𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀓𑁂𑀡 (cakkeṇa) or 𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀓𑁂𑀡𑀁 (cakkeṇaṃ)	𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀓𑁂𑀳𑀺 (cakkehi) or 𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀓𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (cakkehiṃ)
Dative	𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀅 (cakkāa)	—
Ablative	𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀑 (cakkāo) or 𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀉 (cakkāu) or 𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸 (cakkā) or 𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀳𑀺 (cakkāhi) or 𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (cakkāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀲𑁆𑀲 (cakkassa)	𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀡 (cakkāṇa) or 𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀡𑀁 (cakkāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (cakkammi) or 𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀓𑁂 (cakke)	𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀓𑁂𑀲𑀼 (cakkesu) or 𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀓𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (cakkesuṃ)
Vocative	𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀓 (cakka) or 𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸 (cakkā)	𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀇𑀁 (cakkāiṃ) or 𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀇 (cakkāi)

Derived terms

• 𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀯𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀺 (cakkavaṭṭi, “chakravartin”)

Descendants

• Konkani: cāk

  Devanagari script: चाक

  Kannada script: ಚಾಕ್

  Latin script: chaak

• Old Marathi: cāka

  Devanagari script: चाक

  Modi script: 𑘓𑘰𑘎

  • Marathi: चाक (cāk)

References

• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 201.
• Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 20.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cakrá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press