English Meaning of cauka

Meaning of 'cauka'

m ( H) A square court or area. 2 A pompous or showy pace of the horse. Called in Sanskrit pluta, a form of bounding. 3 A stanza--esp. in the lavani or love-piece, which is usually composed of four stanzas. 4 The number four on a die: also a throw of four. 5 A quadrangular superficies gen. e. g. the square or oblong space forming the central portion of a temple or house, as contrad. from the wings or side-slips; the grand square or open space in a city or town where the market is held, the Kotwal's court established &c.; any minor square formed by the meeting of four roads; the square (in marriages, thread-investitures &c.) formed with wheat, rice &c. spread on a cloth which covers a stool, prepared as a seat for the boy, girl, father &c. 6 The small of the back or region just above the posteriors: also the rump (of a beast). 7 ind The term used in multiplying by four any number above unity. Ex. tina cauka bara Four times three are twelve. satavya caukanta basane To sit in the very innermost court or apartment.ṃ

Meaning of चौक

m ( H) A square court or area. 2 A pompous or showy pace of the horse. Called in Sanskrit प्लुत, a form of bounding. 3 A stanza--esp. in the लावणी or love-piece, which is usually composed of four stanzas. 4 The number four on a die: also a throw of four. 5 A quadrangular superficies gen. e. g. the square or oblong space forming the central portion of a temple or house, as contrad. from the wings or side-slips; the grand square or open space in a city or town where the market is held, the Kotwál's court established &c.; any minor square formed by the meeting of four roads; the square (in marriages, thread-investitures &c.) formed with wheat, rice &c. spread on a cloth which covers a stool, prepared as a seat for the boy, girl, father &c. 6 The small of the back or region just above the posteriors: also the rump (of a beast). 7 ind The term used in multiplying by four any number above unity. Ex. तीन चौक बारा Four times three are twelve. सातव्या चौकांत बसणें To sit in the very innermost court or apartment.

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