chuckram

English

Alternative forms

chakram, chuckrum, chukram

Etymology

Borrowed from Malayalam ചക്രം (cakraṃ), Telugu చక్రము (cakramu), from Sanskrit चक्र (cakra).

Noun

chuckram (plural chuckrams)

(British India) A small silver coin (value 1/32 of a rupee) once used in Travancore.

Further reading

Henry Yule; A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903), “CHUCKRUM”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 217.

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