Meanings
nounchowk (plural chowks)
plural chowks
- IndiaPakistanAn intersection or roundabout, where tracks or roads cross (often used in place names).
- IndiaPakistanA marketplace or open area in a city or village.
The all-important Jilmil bus was about to arrive at the chowk.
2015, Arupa Patangia Kalita, translated by Ranjita Biswas, Written in Tears, Harper Perennial, page 61 - IndiaPakistanA courtyard.
Origin
- Sanskritचतुष्क“quadrangular courtyard, crossway”
- Hindiचौक“plaza, square, courtyard”
- Englishchowk
From Hindi चौक (cauk, “plaza, square, courtyard”), from Sanskrit चतुष्क (catuṣka, “quadrangular courtyard, crossway”).
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