चौगुना

Hindi

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Cardinal: चार (cār)     Ordinal: चौथा (cauthā), चतुर्थ (caturth)     Adverbial: चौबारा (caubārā)     Multiplier: चौगुना (caugunā)     Collective: चारों (cārõ)     Fractional: चौथाई (cauthāī)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres

Proto-Indo-Iranian *čatwā́ras

Sanskrit चतुर् (catur)

Proto-Indo-European *ger-der.?

Sanskrit गुण (guṇa)

Sanskrit चतुर्गुण (caturguṇa)

Prakrit 𑀘𑀉𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀼𑀡 (caügguṇa)

Hindi चौगुना

Inherited from Prakrit चउग्गुण (caügguṇa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit चतुर्गुण (cáturguṇa). By surface analysis, चौ- (cau-) +‎ गुना (gunā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɔː.ɡʊ.nɑː/, [t͡ʃɔː.ɡʊ.näː]

Adjective

चौगुना • (caugunā) (Urdu spelling چَوگُنا)

1. quadruple

   Synonyms: चतुर्गुण (caturguṇ), चारचंद (cārcand)

   दिन दूना रात चौगुना बढ़ना ― din dūnā rāt caugunā baṛhnā ― to increase rapidly (literally, “to increase to double in the day and quadruple in the night”)

Declension

Declension of चौगुना (ā-stem)

	masculine		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural
direct	चौगुना caugunā	चौगुने caugune	चौगुनी caugunī	चौगुनी caugunī
oblique	चौगुने caugune	चौगुने caugune	चौगुनी caugunī	चौगुनी caugunī
vocative	चौगुने caugune	चौगुने caugune	चौगुनी caugunī	चौगुनी caugunī

Noun

चौगुना • (caugunā) m (Urdu spelling چَوگُنا)

1. quadruple (four times the number, amount, size, etc.)

Declension

Declension of चौगुना (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चौगुना caugunā	चौगुने caugune
oblique	चौगुने caugune	चौगुनों caugunõ
vocative	चौगुने caugune	चौगुनो cauguno

Further reading

• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “चौगुना”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 206.
• “चौगुना”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “चौगुना”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 1595