چوک
Malay edit
Noun edit
چوک (plural چوک-چوک or چوک۲, informal 1st possessive چوککو, 2nd possessive چوکمو, 3rd possessive چوکڽ)
Urdu edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀘𑀤𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓 (cadukka), from Sanskrit चतुष्क (catuṣka). Cognate with Punjabi چَوک (cauk) / ਚੌਕ (cauk), Nepali चोक (cok), Gujarati ચોક (cok), Odia ଚଉକ (côukô).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɔːk/
- Rhymes: -ɔːk
Noun edit
چَوک • (cauk) m (Hindi spelling चौक)
Declension edit
Declension of چوک | ||
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singular | plural | |
direct | چوک (cauk) | چوک (cauk) |
oblique | چوک (cauk) | چوکوں (caukō̃) |
vocative | چوک (cauk) | چوکو (caukō) |
Descendants edit
- → English: chowk
Further reading edit
- “چوک”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “چوک”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “چوک”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.