Chakor

Chakor meaning

Chakor (चकोर) is a Hindu boy's name of Sanskrit origin.

The Greek partridge, fabled to live on moonbeams

Also used to mean: a bird that loves the moon

Chakor (चकोर) is the Sanskrit cakora, a partridge. Monier-Williams gives it as the Greek partridge, "fabled to subsist on moonbeams", and notes that poets call an eye drinking in a moon-like face a cakora. In Indian poetry and film songs the chakor gazing all night at the moon is the classic picture of faithful longing. Baby-name lists give the name as "a bird that loves the moon" or "a bird seeking the moon", which follows the dictionary and the poetic tradition. Chakori is the feminine form used for girls.

Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 380 · entry cakora · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026

References: Monier-Williams, cakora, p. 380

Fits your syllable

First sound च

Revati nakshatra, pada 3 · Meen rashi

This exact sound isn't in the table; the closest is चा, which differs only in vowel length. North Indian table. Tables vary by region and family tradition, so confirm with your priest.

Spellings

Chakor · Chakora

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