چوک

Malay

Noun

چوک (plural چوک-چوک or چوک۲, informal 1st possessive چوککو, 2nd possessive چوکمو, 3rd possessive چوکڽ)

1. Jawi spelling of cuka‎

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)

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

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, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “چوک”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.