chukker

noun /ˈtʃʌ.kə/

1. Any of the six playing periods, each 7½ minutes long, of a game of polo.

   ‘Let's have another chukker.’

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Hindi चक्कर (cakkar), from Sanskrit चक्र (cakra). Doublet of chakra, chakram, charkha, cycle, cyclus, kike, and wheel.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry chukker (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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