چكلا

चकला ćaklā[S. चब+ल+कः], adj. Round, circular;—wide, broad;—a round and broad stone or slab, or piece of wood; a block of stone; a log of wood; a mill (for grinding pulse);—a division of a country containing several parganas; quarter of a town (particularly the quarter inhabited by prostitutes); a brothel;—a kind of cloth made of silk and cotton (=ćakrī):—ćaklā-bandī, s.f. The distribution of a province or of a zamīndārīinto ćaklas:—ćaklā-ḵẖarć, s.m. The expenses of aćaklā:—ćakle-dār, s.m. The governor or superintendent of a province or ćaklā; the proprietor or renter of a ćaklā:—ćakle-dārī, s.f. Government of a province orćaklā; the status or office of a governor of a ćaklā:—ćaklā-navīs, s.m. The accountant of the revenues and charges of a ćaklā.