چوک

See also: جوگ, جوک, and خوک

Malay

Noun

چوک (plural چوک-چوک or چوک٢)

  1. Jawi spelling of cuka.‎

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu چوک (cok).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? čok
Dari reading? čok
Iranian reading? čok
Tajik reading? čok

Noun

چوک • (čōk / čuk) (Tajik spelling чӯк)

  1. (Dari) square; chowk

Further reading

  • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “چوک”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

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

Noun

چَوک • (cauk) m (Hindi spelling चौक)

  1. square; chowk
  2. crossroad, intersection
  3. courtyard

Declension

Declension of چوک
singular plural
direct چوک (cauk) چوک (cauk)
oblique چوک (cauk) چوکوں (caukõ)
vocative چوک (cauk) چوکو (cauko)

Descendants

  • → English: chowk
  • → Persian: چوک (čōk, čuk)

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 [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “چوک”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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