चौकट

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘓𑘼𑘎𑘘𑘲 (caukaṭī), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀘𑀉𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀻 (caükkaṭṭī). Compare Gujarati ચોકઠું (cokṭhũ), Hindustani چَوکَھٹ (caukhaṭ) / चौखट (caukhaṭ), Punjabi ਚੁਗਾਠ (cugāṭh) / چُگاٹھ (cugāṭh), ਚੌਖਟ (caukhaṭ) / چَوکھٹ (caukhṭ), ਚੌਖਟਾ (caukhṭā) / چَوکھٹا (caukhṭā), Nepali चौखुट (caukhuṭ), Maithili चौकठि (caukᵊṭhɨ) / 𑒔𑒾𑒏𑒜𑒱 (caukaḍhi), Odia ଚୌକାଠ (côukaṭhô), Bengali চৌকাঠ (cōukaṭh), Assamese চৌকাঠ (soukath).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡səu.kəʈ/

Noun

चौकट • (caukaṭ) f

1. frame (as of a door, window, picture)
2. (card games) diamonds

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “चौकट”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “चौकट”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “चौकट”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*catuṣkāṣṭha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press