चाकू
Hindi
Alternative forms
- चाक़ू (cāqū)
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian چاقو (čāqū). Compare Bengali চাকু (caku), Gujarati ચાકુ (cāku), Kannada ಚಾಕು (cāku), Marathi चाकू (cākū), Nepali चक्कु (cakku), Odia ଚାକୁ (cāku), Punjabi ਚਾਕੂ (cākū), Marwari चक्कू (cakkū), Telugu చాకు (cāku).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɑː.kuː/, [t͡ʃäː.kuː]
Noun
चाकू • (cākū) m (Urdu spelling چَاقُو)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | चाकू cākū |
चाकू cākū |
| oblique | चाकू cākū |
चाकुओं cākuõ |
| vocative | चाकू cākū |
चाकुओ cākuo |
Further reading
- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “चाक़ू”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 190.
- The template Template:R:hi:Caturvedi does not use the parameter(s):
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “cha:qu:”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House - Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “चाकू”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 1502
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “चाक़ू”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 310
- Platts, John T. (1884) “چاقر”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 418
- “चाक़ू”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
Marathi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian چاقو (čāqū).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡sa.ku/, [t͡sa.kuː]
Noun
चाकू • (ċākū) m
Further reading
- Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “चाकू”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, page 43
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “चाकू”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 276
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “चाकू”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 1161