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chauki

chauki is the alternative form of chowki.

Meaning of chowki

Noun

chowki (plural chowkis)

  1. (India) The post of a watchman or policeman (chaukidar).
  2. (India) A custom house.
  3. (India) A kind of short stool or bench.

Forms of chauki

pluralchaukis

Questions about chauki

What is chauki the alternative form of?
Chauki is the alternative form of chowki.

Words near chauki in the dictionary

  1. chaufroix
  2. chaufs
  3. Chauhan
  4. Chauhans
  5. Chaukhamba
  6. chauki
  7. chaukidar
  8. chaukidari
  9. chaukidaris
  10. chaukidars
  11. chaukis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chauki (page history and authors); chowki (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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