चाकू
Hindi edit
Alternative forms edit
- चाक़ू (cāqū)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian چاقو (čāqū). Compare Bengali চাকু (caku), Gujarati ચાકુ (cāku), Kannada ಚಾಕು (cāku), Marathi चाकू (cākū), Nepali चक्कु (cakku), Odia ଚାକୁ (caku), Punjabi ਚਾਕੂ (cākū), Rajasthani चक्कू, Telugu చాకు (cāku).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
चाकू • (cākū) m (Urdu spelling چَاقُو)
Declension edit
Declension of चाकू (masc ū-stem)
Further reading edit
- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “चाक़ू”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 190.
- Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “cha:qu:”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 204
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “चाकू”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 1502
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “चाक़ू”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 310
- Platts, John T. (1884) “چاقر”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 418
- “चाक़ू”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
Marathi edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian چاقو (čāqū).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
चाकू • (ċākū) m
Further reading edit
- Berntsen, Maxine, “चाकू”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983, page 43.
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “चाकू”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 276
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “चाकू”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 1161.