𑀘𑀉𑀓𑁆𑀓

Prakrit edit

𑀘𑀉𑀓𑁆𑀓 (caükka) n (Devanagari चउक्क, Kannada ಚಉಕ್ಕ) (Ardhamagadhi, Maharastri)

square, crossroads
- c. 700 CE, Anonymous, Maṇipati-Carita 5:
  𑀘𑀉𑀫𑀼𑀳-𑀘𑀉𑀓𑁆𑀓-𑀘𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀭-𑀢𑀺𑀬-𑀕𑁄𑀬𑀭-𑀢𑁄𑀭𑀡𑁂𑀳𑀺 𑀲𑀼-𑀯𑀺𑀪𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸 𑀭𑀫𑀡𑀻𑀬𑀸 𑀭𑀸𑀫-𑀲𑀭𑁄-𑀧𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀭𑀡𑀻-𑀦𑀺𑀬𑀭-𑀲𑀁𑀚𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸
  caümuha-caükka-caccara-tiya-goyara-toraṇehi su-vibhattā ramaṇīyā rāma-saro-pukkharaṇī-niyara-saṃjuttā
  [There in that pleasant country […] ] is a city properly divided by gates giving access to squares, court-yards, and intersections of three or four roads, attractive and possessed of numbers of agreeable lakes and lotus-pools.

Maharastri declension of 𑀘𑀉𑀓𑁆𑀓 (neuter)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀘𑀉𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀁 (caükkaṃ)	𑀘𑀉𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀇𑀁 (caükkāiṃ) or 𑀘𑀉𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀇 (caükkāi)
Accusative	𑀘𑀉𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀁 (caükkaṃ)	𑀘𑀉𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀇𑀁 (caükkāiṃ) or 𑀘𑀉𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀇 (caükkāi)
Instrumental	𑀘𑀉𑀓𑁆𑀓𑁂𑀡 (caükkeṇa) or 𑀘𑀉𑀓𑁆𑀓𑁂𑀡𑀁 (caükkeṇaṃ)	𑀘𑀉𑀓𑁆𑀓𑁂𑀳𑀺 (caükkehi) or 𑀘𑀉𑀓𑁆𑀓𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (caükkehiṃ)
Dative	𑀘𑀉𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀅 (caükkāa)	—
Ablative	𑀘𑀉𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀑 (caükkāo) or 𑀘𑀉𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀉 (caükkāu) or 𑀘𑀉𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸 (caükkā) or 𑀘𑀉𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀳𑀺 (caükkāhi) or 𑀘𑀉𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (caükkāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀘𑀉𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀲𑁆𑀲 (caükkassa)	𑀘𑀉𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀡 (caükkāṇa) or 𑀘𑀉𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀡𑀁 (caükkāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀘𑀉𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (caükkammi) or 𑀘𑀉𑀓𑁆𑀓𑁂 (caükke)	𑀘𑀉𑀓𑁆𑀓𑁂𑀲𑀼 (caükkesu) or 𑀘𑀉𑀓𑁆𑀓𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (caükkesuṃ)
Vocative	𑀘𑀉𑀓𑁆𑀓 (caükka) or 𑀘𑀉𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸 (caükkā)	𑀘𑀉𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀇𑀁 (caükkāiṃ) or 𑀘𑀉𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀇 (caükkāi)

Central:
- Hindustani: cauk, caukā, cauk
  Hindi: चौक, चौका, चौकी
  
  Urdu: چَوک, چَوکَا, چَوکِی
Eastern:
- Assamese: চৌকা (souka), চকী (soki)
- Bengali: চৌক (cōuk), চৌকা (cōuka)
- Bihari:
  - Bhojpuri: चउक (cauk), चउका (caukā)
  - Maithili: चौकी (caukī)
- Odia: ଚଉକ (côukô), ଚୌକା (côuka), ଚଉକି (côuki)
Northern:
- Western Pahari:
  - Bhadrawahi: [script needed] (ċöuk)
- Central Pahari:
  - Kumaoni: चौक, चौखो, चौको
- Eastern Pahari:
  - Nepali: चौक (cauk), चौको (cauko), चौकि (cauki)
Northwestern:
- Sindhi: caũku, caũko, caũkī
  Arabic script: چَونڪُ, چَونڪو, چَونڪِي
  
  Devanagari script: चौँकु, चौँको, चौँकी
- Punjabi: cauk, caukkā, caukā, caukī
  Gurmukhi script: ਚੌਕ, ਚੌੱਕਾ, ਚੌਕਾ, ਚੌਕੀ
  
  Shahmukhi script: چَوک, چَوکَّا, چَوکَا, چَوکِی
Southern:
- Konkani: cauku
  Devanagari script: चौक
  
  Latin script: chouk
  
  Kannada script: ಚೌಕ್
- Old Marathi: cauka
  Devanagari script: चौक
  
  Modi script: 𑘓𑘼𑘎
  - Marathi: चौक (cauk)
Western:
- Gujarati: ચોક (cok), ચોકો (coko), ચોકી (cokī), ચોકિયું (cokiyũ)

Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 210.
Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 19.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “catuṣka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press