chowk
English
Etymology
From Hindi चौक (cauk, “plaza, square, courtyard”), from Sanskrit चतुष्क (catuṣka, “quadrangular courtyard, crossway”).
Noun
chowk (plural chowks)
- (India, Pakistan) An intersection or roundabout, where tracks or roads cross (often used in place names).
- (India, Pakistan) A marketplace or open area in a city or village.
- 2015, Arupa Patangia Kalita, translated by Ranjita Biswas, Written in Tears, Harper Perennial, page 61:
- The all-important Jilmil bus was about to arrive at the chowk.
- (India, Pakistan) A courtyard.
Related terms
Scots
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʃʌuk/
Verb
chowk (third-person singular simple present chowks, present participle chowkin, simple past chowkeet, past participle chowkeet)
- (South Scots) to choke
- Deh chowk on eet!
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
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