चतुष्क

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

চতুষ্ক (Assamese script)
ᬘᬢᬸᬱ᭄ᬓ (Balinese script)
চতুষ্ক (Bengali script)
𑰓𑰝𑰲𑰬𑰿𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀘𑀢𑀼𑀱𑁆𑀓 (Brahmi script)
စတုၑ္က (Burmese script)
ચતુષ્ક (Gujarati script)
ਚਤੁਸ਼੍ਕ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌚𑌤𑍁𑌷𑍍𑌕 (Grantha script)
ꦕꦠꦸꦰ꧀ꦏ (Javanese script)
𑂒𑂞𑂳𑂭𑂹𑂍 (Kaithi script)
ಚತುಷ್ಕ (Kannada script)
ចតុឞ្ក (Khmer script)
ຈຕຸຩ຺ກ (Lao script)
ചതുഷ്ക (Malayalam script)
ᢜᠠᢠᡠᢢᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘓𑘝𑘳𑘬𑘿𑘎 (Modi script)
ᢋᠠᢐᠤᢔᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑦳𑦽𑧔𑧌𑧠𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
𑐔𑐟𑐸𑐲𑑂𑐎 (Newa script)
ଚତୁଷ୍କ (Odia script)
ꢗꢡꢸꢰ꣄ꢒ (Saurashtra script)
𑆖𑆠𑆶𑆰𑇀𑆑 (Sharada script)
𑖓𑖝𑖲𑖬𑖿𑖎 (Siddham script)
චතුෂ‍්ක (Sinhalese script)
𑩡𑩫𑩒𑪀 𑪙𑩜 (Soyombo script)
𑚏𑚙𑚰𑚶𑚊 (Takri script)
சதுஷ்க (Tamil script)
చతుష్క (Telugu script)
จตุษฺก (Thai script)
ཙ་ཏུ་ཥྐ (Tibetan script)
𑒔𑒞𑒳𑒭𑓂𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
𑨣𑨙𑨃𑨯𑩇𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From चतुर् (catur). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐ.tuʂ.kɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐ.t̪uʂ.kɐ/

Adjective

चतुष्क • (catuṣka) stem

consisting of four-parts

Noun

चतुष्क • (catuṣka) stem, ?

Descendants

Dardic:
- Kashmiri: [script needed] (ċôkᵘ)
Pali: catukka
Prakrit: 𑀘𑀉𑀓𑁆𑀓 (caükka)
- Central:
  - Hindustani: cauk, caukā, cauk
    Hindi: चौक, चौका, चौकी
    Urdu: چَوک, چَوکَا, چَوکِی
- Eastern:
  - Assamese: চৌকা (souka), চকী (soki)
  - Bengali: চক (cok), চৌক (cōuk), চৌকা (cōuka)
  - Bihari:
    - Bhojpuri: चउक (cauk), चउका (caukā)
    - Maithili: चौकी (caukī)
  - Odia: ଚଉକ (cauka), ଚୌକା (caukā), ଚଉକି (cauki)
- Northern:
  - Western Pahari:
    - Bhadrawahi: [script needed] (ċöuk)
  - Central Pahari:
    - Kumaoni: चौक, चौखो, चौको
  - Eastern Pahari:
    - Nepali: चौक (cauk), चौको (cauko), चौकि (cauki)
- Northwestern:
  - Sindhi: caũku, caũko, caũkī
    Arabic script: چَونڪُ, چَونڪو, چَونڪِي
    Devanagari script: चौँकु, चौँको, चौँकी
  - Punjabi: cauk, caukkā, caukā, caukī
    Gurmukhi script: ਚੌਕ, ਚੌੱਕਾ, ਚੌਕਾ, ਚੌਕੀ
    Shahmukhi script: چَوک, چَوکَّا, چَوکَا, چَوکِی
- Southern:
  - Konkani: cauku
    Devanagari script: चौक
    Latin script: chouk
    Kannada script: ಚೌಕ್
  - Old Marathi: cauka
    Devanagari script: चौक
    Modi script: 𑘓𑘼𑘎
    - Marathi: चौक (cauk)
- Western:
  - Gujarati: ચોક (cok), ચોકો (coko), ચોકી (cokī), ચોકિયું (cokiyũ)

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “catuṣka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press