𑀘𑀉𑀓𑁆𑀓

Inherited from Sanskrit चतुष्क (catuṣka). Cognate with Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀘𑀤𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓 (cadukka).

𑀘𑀉𑀓𑁆𑀓 (caükka) n (Devanagari चउक्क, Kannada ಚಉಕ್ಕ) (Ardhamagadhi, Maharastri)

1. square, crossroads
   • c. 700 CE, Anonymous, Maṇipati-Carita 5:

     𑀘𑀉𑀫𑀼𑀳-𑀘𑀉𑀓𑁆𑀓-𑀘𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀭-𑀢𑀺𑀬-𑀕𑁄𑀬𑀭-𑀢𑁄𑀭𑀡𑁂𑀳𑀺 𑀲𑀼-𑀯𑀺𑀪𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸 𑀭𑀫𑀡𑀻𑀬𑀸 𑀭𑀸𑀫-𑀲𑀭𑁄-𑀧𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀭𑀡𑀻-𑀦𑀺𑀬𑀭-𑀲𑀁𑀚𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸

     caümuha-caükka-caccara-tiya-goyara-toraṇehi su-vibhattā ramaṇīyā rāma-saro-pukkharaṇī-niyara-saṃjuttā

     [There in that pleasant country […] ] is a city properly divided by gates giving access to squares, court-yards, and intersections of three or four roads, attractive and possessed of numbers of agreeable lakes and lotus-pools.

• 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)

• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 210.
• Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 19.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “catuṣka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press