छोकिरो

Sindhi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit *छोक्कर (chŏkkara) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-). Cognate with Kachchi છોકરો (chokro).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃʰoːkɪɾoː/, [t͡ʃʰoːkɾoː]

Noun

छोकिरो • (chokiro) m (Perso-Arabic ڇوڪِرو)

  1. boy
    Coordinate term: छोकिरी (chokirī)

Further reading

  • Khānu, Balocu (1960–1988), “ڇوڪرو”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Hyderabad, Sindh: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ, page 806
  • Parmanand, Mewaram (1910), “ڇوڪِرو”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society, page 223
  • Stack, George (1849), “छोकिरो”, in A dictionary, English and Sindhi, American Mission Press, page 15
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “chōkara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 279
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