چوکی

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See also: جوگی

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu چَوکی (caukī) / Hindi चौकी (caukī).

Pronunciation

Readings
Dari reading? čawkī

Noun

Dari چوکی
Iranian Persian صندلی
Tajik сандалӣ

چوکی (čawkî) (Dari)

  1. chair

Urdu

Etymology

From چَوک (cauk) +‎ ـی ().

Pronunciation

Noun

چَوکی (caukīf (Hindi spelling चौकी)

  1. choky, stool, bench
  2. outpost
  3. (by extension) duty, responsibility of vigilance
  4. commode

Declension

    Declension of چوکی
singular plural
direct چَوکی (caukī) چَوکِیاں (caukiyā̃)
oblique چَوکی (caukī) چَوکِیوں (caukiyō̃)
vocative چَوکی (caukī) چَوکِیو (caukiyō)

Descendants

  • Mauritian Creole: chawki
  • Persian:
    Dari: چَوکِی (čawkī)

Further reading

  • چوکی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • چوکی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “چوکی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.