چوک
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Malay
Noun
چوک (plural چوک-چوک or چوک۲, informal 1st possessive چوککو, 2nd possessive چوکمو, 3rd possessive چوکڽ)
Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀘𑀤𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓 (cadukka), from Sanskrit चतुष्क (catuṣka). Cognate with Bengali চক (cok), Punjabi چَوک (cauk) / ਚੌਕ (cauk), Nepali चोक (cok), Gujarati ચોક (cok), Odia ଚଉକ (cauka).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɔːk/
- Rhymes: -ɔːk
Noun
چَوک • (cauk) m (Hindi spelling चौक)
Declension
| Declension of چوک | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| direct | چوک (cauk) | چوک (cauk) | ||||||
| oblique | چوک (cauk) | چوکوں (caukõ) | ||||||
| vocative | چوک (cauk) | چوکو (cauko) | ||||||
Descendants
- → English: chowk
Further reading
- “چوک”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “چوک”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “چوک”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.