चाकू

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See also: चाक़ू, चाक, चेक, चौक, चक, चैक, चूंकि, चूक, and चोक

Hindi

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चाकू

Alternative forms

चाक़ू (cāqū)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (čāqū). Compare Bengali চাকু (caku), Gujarati ચાકુ (cāku), Kannada ಚಾಕು (cāku), Marathi चाकू (cākū), Nepali चक्कु (cakku), Odia ଚାକୁ (cāku), Punjabi ਚਾਕੂ (cākū), Marwari चक्कू (cakkū), Telugu చాకు (cāku).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɑː.kuː/,

Noun

चाकू • (cākū) m (Urdu spelling چَاقُو)

knife

Declension

Declension of चाकू (masc ū-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चाकू cākū	चाकू cākū
oblique	चाकू cākū	चाकुओं cākuõ
vocative	चाकू cākū	चाकुओ cākuo

Further reading

Bahri, Hardev (1989) “चाक़ू”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 190.
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Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “चाकू”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 1502
McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “चाक़ू”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 310
Platts, John T. (1884) “چاقر”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 418
“चाक़ू”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (čāqū).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡sa.ku/,

Noun

चाकू • (ċākū) m

short knife, penknife

Further reading

Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “चाकू”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary‎, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, page 43
Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “चाकू”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 276
दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण (1932-1950) “चाकू”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे : महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 1161.

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