चतुष्क

From चतुर् (catur). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐ.tuʂ.kɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐˈt̪uʂ.kɐ/

चतुष्क • (catuṣka) stem

1. consisting of four-parts

चतुष्क • (catuṣka) stem, ?

1. set of four-parts
2. crossway
3. quadrangular courtyard

• Dardic:
  • Kashmiri: [script needed] (ċôkᵘ)
• Pali: catukka
• Prakrit: 𑀘𑀉𑀓𑁆𑀓 (caükka)
  • Central:
    • Hindustani: cauk, caukā, cauk

      Hindi: चौक, चौका, चौकी

      Urdu: چَوک, چَوکَا, چَوکِی

  • Eastern:
    • Assamese: চৌকা (souka), চকী (soki)
    • Bengali: চৌক (cōuk), চৌকা (cōuka)
    • Bihari:
      • Bhojpuri: चउक (cauk), चउका (caukā)
      • Maithili: चौकी (caukī)
    • Odia: ଚଉକ (côukô), ଚୌକା (côuka), ଚଉକି (côuki)
  • Northern:
    • Western Pahari:
      • Bhadrawahi: [script needed] (ċöuk)
    • Central Pahari:
      • Kumaoni: चौक, चौखो, चौको
    • Eastern Pahari:
      • Nepali: चौक (cauk), चौको (cauko), चौकि (cauki)
  • Northwestern:
    • Sindhi: caũku, caũko, caũkī

      Arabic script: چَونڪُ, چَونڪو, چَونڪِي

      Devanagari script: चौँकु, चौँको, चौँकी

    • Punjabi: cauk, caukkā, caukā, caukī

      Gurmukhi script: ਚੌਕ, ਚੌੱਕਾ, ਚੌਕਾ, ਚੌਕੀ

      Shahmukhi script: چَوک, چَوکَّا, چَوکَا, چَوکِی

  • Southern:
    • Konkani: cauku

      Devanagari script: चौक

      Latin script: chouk

      Kannada script: ಚೌಕ್

    • Old Marathi: cauka

      Devanagari script: चौक

      Modi script: 𑘓𑘼𑘎

      • Marathi: चौक (cauk)
  • Western:
    • Gujarati: ચોક (cok), ચોકો (coko), ચોકી (cokī), ચોકિયું (cokiyũ)

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “चतुष्क”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “catuṣka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press