چاک

See also: خاگ, چاك, and خاک

Persian

Etymology 1

Noun

چاک • (čâk)

1. fissure, rupture, cleft, crack, rent

Descendants

• Armenian: ճաք (čakʻ)
• Ottoman Turkish: چاك
  • Turkish: çak

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “چاك”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English Chuck.

Proper noun

چاک • (čâk)

1. a male given name, Chuck, from English

Urdu

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɑːk/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀓 (cakka), from Sanskrit चक्र (cákra, “wheel”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *ćakrám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čakrám, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos (“circle, wheel”). Cognate with Marathi चाक (cāk). Doublet of چکر (cakkar, cakra) and چرخہ (carxā).

Noun

چاک • (cāk) m (Hindi spelling चाक)

1. wheel

Declension

Declension of چاک
	singular	plural
direct	چاک (cāk)	چاک (cāk)
oblique	چاک (cāk)	چاکوں (cākō̃)
vocative	چاک (cāk)	چاکو (cākō)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English chalk.

Noun

چاک • (cāk) m (Hindi spelling चाक)

1. chalk

Declension

Declension of چاک
	singular	plural
direct	چاک (cāk)	چاک (cāk)
oblique	چاک (cāk)	چاکوں (cākō̃)
vocative	چاک (cāk)	چاکو (cākō)

References

• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “چاک”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• John Shakespear (1834) “چاک”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC