चोखा

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See also: चोख

Hindi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀘𑁄𑀓𑁆𑀔 (cokkha), perhaps borrowed from Dravidian (compare Tamil சொகுசு (cokucu, “luxury”)).^[1]^[2] Also back-formed into Sanskrit चोक्ष (cokṣa). Cognate with Punjabi ਚੋਖਾ (cokhā) / چوکھا (cokhā), Nepali चोखो (cokho), Gujarati ચોખલું (cokhlũ), Marathi चोख (cokh), Konkani चोखें (cokhẽ), Bengali চোখা (cōkha), Odia ଚୋଖ (cokhô), Kannada ಚೊಕ್ಕ (cokka) (an Indo-Aryan borrowing).

Pronunciation[edit]

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃoː.kʰɑː/, [t͡ʃoː.kʰäː]

Adjective[edit]

चोखा • (cokhā) (Urdu spelling چوکھا)

pure, true, real, genuine
Synonyms: शुद्ध (śuddh), ख़ालिस (xālis)

यह बिल्कुल चोखा सोना है। ― yah bilkul cokhā sonā hai. ― This is definitely pure gold.
good, excellent
Synonyms: अच्छा (acchā), बढ़िया (baṛhiyā)
sincere
sharp, sharpened
Synonym: तीक्ष्ण (tīkṣṇa)
pungent, strong
Synonyms: तीखा (tīkhā), तेज़ (tez)

Declension[edit]

Declension of चोखा (ā-stem)

	masculine		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural
direct	चोखा cokhā	चोखे cokhe	चोखी cokhī	चोखी cokhī
oblique	चोखे cokhe	चोखे cokhe	चोखी cokhī	चोखी cokhī
vocative	चोखे cokhe	चोखे cokhe	चोखी cokhī	चोखी cokhī

References[edit]

^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cōkṣa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “cokucu”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Further reading[edit]

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “चोखा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 328

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