چوکی

See also: جوگی

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu چَوکی (caukī) / Hindi चौकी (caukī).

Pronunciation

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰäw.kʰíː]

Readings
Dari reading?	čawkī

Noun

Dari	چوکی
Iranian Persian	صندلی
Tajik	сандалӣ

چوکی • (čawkî) (Dari)

1. chair

Urdu

Etymology

From چَوک (cauk) +‎ ـی (-ī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɔː.kiː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: چَو‧کی

Noun

چَوکی • (caukī) f (Hindi spelling चौकी)

1. choky, stool, bench
2. outpost
3. (by extension) duty, responsibility of vigilance
4. commode

Declension

Declension of چوکی

	singular	plural
direct	چَوکی (caukī)	چَوکِیاں (caukiyā̃)
oblique	چَوکی (caukī)	چَوکِیوں (caukiyō̃)
vocative	چَوکی (caukī)	چَوکِیو (caukiyō)

Descendants

• → Dari: چَوکِی (čawkī)
• → Mauritian Creole: chawki

Further reading

• “چوکی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “چوکی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “چوکی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.