चौकी

Hindi

Etymology

Feminine form of चौक (cauk), from Sanskrit चतुष्क (catuṣka).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɔː.kiː/

Noun

चौकी • (caukī) f (Urdu spelling چَوکی)

1. stool, bench; dais, platform
2. kneading-board
3. post, guard
   1. police station, Chowky (where one would find a chaukidar)
      • (Can we date this quote?), हरिशंकर परसाई [hariśaṅkar parsāī], दस दिन का अनशन [das din kā anśan]:

        रात को हमने पुलिस चौकी पर पत्थर फिंकवा दिए। इसका अच्छा प्रभाव हुआ।

        rāt ko hamne pulis caukī par patthar phiṅkvā die. iskā acchā prabhāv huā.

        At night we pelted the police station with rocks. This had the right effect.

Declension

Declension of चौकी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चौकी caukī	चौकियाँ caukiyā̃
oblique	चौकी caukī	चौकियों caukiyõ
vocative	चौकी caukī	चौकियो caukiyo

Descendants

• → Dari: چَوکِی (čawkī)
• → Mauritian Creole: chawki

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “चौकी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 1594
• Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “चौकी”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 219
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “चौकी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 333
• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “चौकी”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 206.