چکمہ

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian چکمه (čakma), from Chagatai چكمه (čäkmä) or Azerbaijani çəkmə.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃək.mɑː/

Noun

چَکْمَہ • (čakmā) m (Hindi spelling चक्मा)

1. boot
2. fraud, trick, deception

References

• “چکمہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “چکمہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.