Etymology

From Middle Persian *čaxr ‎(“wheel”) (compare Manichaean Middle Persian chr ‎(čahr, “wheel, cycle”) and Manichaean Parthian cxr ‎(čaxr, “wheel, cycle”), Old Armenian loanword ճախր ‎(čaxr, “turn, wheeling around”)), from Old Iranian *čaxra- (compare Avestan 𐬗𐬀𐬑𐬭𐬀 ‎(čaxra-, “wheel”)), from Proto-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *keklos (compare Sanskrit चक्र ‎(ćakrá)), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos ‎(“wheel, circle”).

Pronunciation

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃæɾx/, [t͡ʃʰæɾx], [t͡ʃʰæːɾx]