چوکا

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀘𑀉𑀓𑁆𑀓 (caükka), from Sanskrit चतुष्क (catuṣka).

Pronunciation

Noun

چَوکا • (caukā) m (Hindi spelling चौका)

  1. any set of fours
    1. (cricket) four
    2. (card games) a four
    3. (dice games) a four

Declension

Declension of چوکا
singular plural
direct چَوکا (caukā) چَوکے (cauke)
oblique چَوکے (cauke) چَوکوں (caukõ)
vocative چَوکے (cauke) چَوکو (cauko)

See also

Playing cards in Urdu · تاش (tāś) (layout · text)
اِکّا (ikkā) دُکّا (dukkā) تِکّا (tikkā) چَوکا (caukā) پَن٘جا (pañjā) چَھکّا (chakkā) سَتّا (sattā)
اَٹّھا (aṭṭhā) نَہْلا (nahlā) دَہْلا (dahlā) غُلام (ġulām) بیگَم (begam) بادْشاہ (bādśāh) جوکَر (jokar)

References

  • چوکا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • چوکا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “چوکا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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