Wheel in Malayalam
A wheel is ചക്രം (chakram), from cart wheels to the water wheel, and the same word means a circle. Say chakram with the ch as in church and a clear final m. It is the standard word in both speech and writing.
Wheel of vehicle or cart, water-wheel, Vishnu's powerful weapon, circle, society, country, earth, field, an old copper coin, wealth.
വണ്ടിയുടെ ഒരു ചക്രം ഊരിപ്പോയി.
vandiyude oru chakram ooripoyi.
One wheel of the cart came off.
All Malayalam words for “wheel”
- ചക്രം (chakram) — Wheel of vehicle or cart, water-wheel, Vishnu's powerful weapon, circle, society, country, earth, field, an old copper coin, wealth.
- പരിധി (paridhi) — Limit, boundary, range, circumference, enclosure, horizon, covering, chariot wheel.
- ഭ്രമരം (bhramaram) — Beetle, honeybee, libertine, dizziness, giddiness, potter's wheel.
The word carries a long train of other senses, including the discus of Vishnu, a society or circle of people, and an old copper coin; പരിധി (paridhi) means a chariot wheel only as one sense among many, its core being a boundary or circumference.
Common questions
How do you say wheel in Malayalam?
Wheel is ചക്രം (chakram).
What else does the word mean?
A circle, a discus, a cycle of events and a circle of people, which is why it appears in so many compounds.