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 Punjabi چَوک (cauk) / ਚੌਕ (cauk), Nepali चोक (cok), Gujarati ચોક (cok), Odia ଚଉକ (côukô).

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 (caukō̃)
vocative	چوک (cauk)	چوکو (caukō)

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.