• Bengali Word চক্র English definition (noun) 1 circular frame turning on an axis; a wheel (চক্রযান, রথচক্র). 2 a place, a passage or anything in the shape of a wheel or ring: দৌড়ের চক্র. 3 (figurative) anything that recurs in a cycle: কালচক্র, cycle of time; কালের চক্রে একুশ আবার ফিরে এলো, ekush is again at our doors in the cycle of time. 4 horizontal revolving disc on which a potter shapes his wares; the potter’s wheel. 5 the diagram of the zodiac. used in astrology (রাশিচক্র). 6 array of troops in battle in a circular form (as of ancient times) (চক্র ব্যূহ). 7 a group of people sitting together; a get-together (eg. for tea) : চা চক্র, a tea party. 8 the hood (or the circular mark on the hood) of a snake. 9 a secret plot or machination of people planning to commit an illegal act; an intrigue; a conspiracy : দশ চক্রে ভগবান ভূত (prov) (story goes that ten people conspired against a Brahmin named Bhagwan and successfully established in the Brahmin’s own lifetime that he was not a living being but only a bogey or goblin, thus giving currency to the proverb which means) A widespread conspiracy may be of grave consequences. 10 an extensive kingdom; an empire . চক্রবর্তী, the sovereign of a great kingdom; an emperor. আবর্তচক্র (noun) state of affairs in which cause and effect follow each other until the process results in the first position and the whole process starts again, eg., poverty leads to crime, which leads to prison, which results in unemployment, which again leads to crime; a vicious circle. চক্রগতি (noun) cyclic motion; rotation; revolution. চক্রধর (noun) 1 a ruler; a king; 2 the snake. 3 an appellation of Hindu god Vishnu. চক্রনাভি (noun) the navel or hub at the centre of a wheel in which the spokes are set. চক্রনেমি (noun) the circumference or rim of a wheel. চক্রপাণি (noun) appellation of Vishnu, the Hindu god. চক্রবর্তী (noun) 1  চক্র (10). 2 family title of certain Bengali Brahmins. চক্রবাক (noun) the male bird of a species of wild duck (colloquial চখা) চক্রবাকী (feminine) = চক্র. চক্রবাত (noun) a whirlwind; a cyclone. চক্রবাল (noun) the line at which earth and sky seem to meet; the horizon. চক্রবৃদ্ধি (noun) (of interest on loan) interest on capital and on accumulated interest; compound interest. চক্রযান (noun) vehicle that moves on wheels; a wheeled carriage. চক্রবৎ (adjective) wheel-shaped; circular. (adverb) in a circular motion; like a wheel. পাকচক্রে, পাকেচক্রে (adverb) by the irony of circumstances; as the circumstances have it.