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Where does “चकार” come from?

चकार (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit च, from Proto-Indo-Iranian -ča, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

चकार (Sanskrit): The name of the Devanagari letter च; The sound of...

Definitions

  1. The name of the Devanagari letter च; The sound of...

Ancestry of “चकार”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritचand, both, also, moreover, as well as
2Proto-Indo-Iranian-čaand
3Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
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