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chuk⋅ker

[chuhk-er]
–noun Polo.
one of the periods of play.
Also, chukkar.


Origin:
1895–1900; < Hindi chakkar < Skt cakra wheel
chuk·ker also chuk·kar   (chŭk'ər)   
n.  One of the periods of play, lasting 7 1/2 minutes, in a polo match.

[Hindi cakkar, circle, turn, from Sanskrit cakram; see kwel-1 in Indo-European roots.]

chukker 
"period in a polo game," 1898, from Hindi chakkar, from Skt. cakra "circle, wheel" (see chakra).
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