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).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) 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, Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 190.
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “चाकू”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 1502

head=cāka़ू page=310 Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “चाकू”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

• 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, 2024.

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Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian چاقو (čāqū).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sa.ku/, [t͡sa.kuː]

Noun

चाकू • (cākū) m

1. short knife, penknife

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “चाकू”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary‎^[1], 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.