चौकी

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi 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 (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 असर हुआ.
        rāt ko hamne pulis caukī par patthar phiṅkvā die. iskā acchā asar 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
  • Mauritian Creole: chawki
  • → Persian:
    → Dari: چَوکِی (čawkī)
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