चाकू

See also: चाक़ू, चाक, चेक, चौक, चक, चैक, चूंकि, चूक, and चोक

Hindi

Alternative forms

• चाक़ू (cāqū)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian چاقو (čāqū). Compare Bengali চাকু (caku), Gujarati ચાકુ (cāku), Kannada ಚಾಕು (cāku), Marathi चाकू (cākū), Nepali चक्कु (cakku), Odia ଚାକୁ (cāku), Punjabi ਚਾਕੂ (cākū), Marwari चक्कू (cakkū), Telugu చాకు (cāku).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɑː.kuː/, [t͡ʃäː.kuː]

Noun

चाकू • (cākū) m (Urdu spelling چَاقُو)

1. knife

Declension

Declension of चाकू (masc ū-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चाकू cākū	चाकू cākū
oblique	चाकू cākū	चाकुओं cākuõ
vocative	चाकू cākū	चाकुओ cākuo

Further reading

• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “चाक़ू”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 190.
• Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “चाक़ू”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 204
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “चाकू”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 1502
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “चाक़ू”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 310
• Platts, John T. (1884), “چاقر”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 418
• “चाक़ू”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian چاقو (čāqū).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sa.ku/, [t͡sa.kuː]

Noun

चाकू • (ċākū) m

1. short knife, penknife

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983), “चाकू”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, page 43
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “चाकू”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 276
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950), “चाकू”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 1161