"chakra" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtʃæ.kɹə/ [UK], /ˈtʃʌ.kɹə/ [UK], /ˈt͡ʃɑː.kɹə/ [US], /ˈt͡ʃæ.kɹə/ [US], /ˈt͡ʃʌ.kɹə/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-chakra.wav Forms: chakras [plural]
Rhymes: -ækɹə, (US) -ɑːkɹə Etymology: From Hindi चक्र (cakra) and directly from Sanskrit चक्र (cakra, “wheel, disc, cycle”). As a synonym for hackery, either a correction or hypercorrection of that term based on one of its proposed etymologies. Doublet of chakram, charkha, chukker, cycle, cyclus, and wheel. Etymology templates: {{dercat|en|inc-pro|iir-pro|ine-pro}}, {{bor|en|hi|चक्र}} Hindi चक्र (cakra), {{bor|en|sa|चक्र|t=wheel, disc, cycle}} Sanskrit चक्र (cakra, “wheel, disc, cycle”), {{dbt|en|chakram|charkha|chukker|cycle|cyclus|wheel}} Doublet of chakram, charkha, chukker, cycle, cyclus, and wheel Head templates: {{en-noun}} chakra (plural chakras)
  1. (Hinduism, Ayurveda) Any of (at least) seven centres of spiritual energy in or near the body, according to Ayurveda philosophy. Tags: Hinduism Categories (topical): Hinduism Translations (spiritual energy nexuses): txakra [masculine] (Catalan), 脈輪 (Chinese Mandarin), 脉轮 (màilún) (Chinese Mandarin), 查克拉 (chákèlā) (Chinese Mandarin), 氣卦 (Chinese Mandarin), 气卦 (qìguà) (Chinese Mandarin), (Chinese Mandarin), (lún) (english: wheel) (Chinese Mandarin), čakra [feminine] (Czech), chakra (Dutch), ĉakro (Esperanto), chakra (Finnish), tsakra (Finnish), tšakra (Finnish), chakra [masculine] (French), tchakra [masculine] (French), Chakra [neuter] (German), ચક્ર (cakra) (Gujarati), चक्रम् (cakram) (Hindi), चक्र (cakra) [masculine] (Hindi), csakra (Hungarian), cakra (Indonesian), chakra [masculine] (Italian), チャクラ (chakura) (Japanese), ಚಕ್ರ (cakra) (Kannada), 차크라 (chakeura) (Korean), चक्र (cakra) (Marathi), چاکرا (čâkrâ) (Persian), czakra [feminine] (Polish), czakram [masculine] (Polish), ćakra [feminine] (Polish), chakra [masculine] (Portuguese), chacra [masculine] (Portuguese), chakra (Romanian), ча́кра (čákra) [feminine] (Russian), चक्र (cakra) (Sanskrit), चक्रम् (cakram) (Sanskrit), чакра [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), čakra [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), čakra [feminine] (Slovene), chakra [masculine] (Spanish), chakra [neuter] (Swedish), çakra (Turkish)
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  2. Synonym of hackery. Synonyms: hackery [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-chakra-en-noun-qvY99tWe Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 55 45
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Derived forms: chakra healing, chakral, chakric

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "ĉakro"
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      "word": "chakra"
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      "word": "ચક્ર"
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      "sense": "spiritual energy nexuses",
      "word": "चक्रम्"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "spiritual energy nexuses",
      "word": "csakra"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "spiritual energy nexuses",
      "word": "cakra"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "spiritual energy nexuses",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "chakra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "spiritual energy nexuses",
      "word": "チャクラ"
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      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "cakra",
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      "word": "ಚಕ್ರ"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "sense": "spiritual energy nexuses",
      "word": "차크라"
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      "lang": "Marathi",
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      "word": "चक्र"
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      "word": "چاکرا"
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      "sense": "spiritual energy nexuses",
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      "word": "czakra"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "spiritual energy nexuses",
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      "word": "ćakra"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "spiritual energy nexuses",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "chakra"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "spiritual energy nexuses",
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      "word": "chacra"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "spiritual energy nexuses",
      "word": "chakra"
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      "code": "sv",
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