चौखट

Hindi

Etymology

Derived from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀘𑀉𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻 (caükkaṭṭhī, “doorframe”) or a related term (with possible metathesis of the aspiration), from Sanskrit *चतुष्काष्ठ (catuṣkāṣṭha, “rectangular frame”), from चतुर् (catur, “four”) +‎ काष्ठ (kāṣṭha, “wood, timber”). Compare Gujarati ચોકઠું (cokṭhũ), Marathi चौकट (caukaṭ), Punjabi ਚੁਗਾਠ (cugāṭh) / چُگاٹھ (cugāṭh), ਚੌਖਟ (caukhaṭ) / چَوکھٹ (caukhṭ), ਚੌਖਟਾ (caukhṭā) / چَوکھٹا (caukhṭā), Nepali चौखुट (caukhuṭ), Maithili चौकठि (caukᵊṭhɨ) / 𑒔𑒾𑒏𑒜𑒱 (caukaḍhi), Odia ଚୌକାଠ (côukaṭhô), Bengali চৌকাঠ (cōukaṭh), Assamese চৌকাঠ (soukath).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɔː.kʰəʈ/, [t͡ʃɔː.kʰɐʈ]

Noun

चौखट • (caukhaṭ) m or f (Urdu spelling چَوکَھٹ)

1. a door-frame, door-sill and lintel
2. a threshold

   Synonym: दहलीज़ (dahlīz)

Declension

Declension of चौखट (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चौखट caukhaṭ	चौखटें caukhaṭẽ
oblique	चौखट caukhaṭ	चौखटों caukhaṭõ
vocative	चौखट caukhaṭ	चौखटो caukhaṭo

Related terms

• चौखटा (caukhṭā, “frame”)

Descendants

• English: chowkat

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “catuṣkāṣṭha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “चौखट”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press