English

Noun

chowk ‎(plural chowks)

1. (India) An intersection where tracks or roads cross (often used in place names).
2. (India) A marketplace or open area in a city or village.
   • 2015, Ranjita Biswas, translating Arupa Patangia Kalita, Written in Tears, Harper Perennial 2015, p. 61:

     The all-important Jilmil bus was about to arrive at the chowk.

3. A courtyard.

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃʌuk/

Verb

chowk ‎(third-person singular present chowks, present participle chowkin, past chowkeet, past participle chowkeet)

1. (South Scots) to choke

   Deh chowk on eet!