चौराहा

Hindi

चौराहा

Etymology

Dvigu compound of चौ- (cau-, “four (combining form)”) +‎ राह (rāh, “path, way”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɔː.ɾɑː.ɦɑː/, [t͡ʃɔː.ɾäː.ɦäː]

Noun

चौराहा • (caurāhā) m

1. crossroads; intersection (place where two roads cross)

   Synonyms: चौक (cauk), चतुष्क (catuṣk)

Declension

Declension of चौराहा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चौराहा caurāhā	चौराहे caurāhe
oblique	चौराहे caurāhe	चौराहों caurāhõ
vocative	चौराहे caurāhe	चौराहो caurāho

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “चौराहा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press