चौखट्

Nepali

Etymology

From Sanskrit *चतुष्काष्ठ (catuṣkāṣṭha).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡sʌu̯k̞ʰʌʈ]
• Phonetic Devanagari: चौखट्

Noun

चौखट् • (caukhaṭ)

1. doorframe

Declension

Declension of चौखट्
	Singular	Plural
nominative	चौखट् [t͡sʌu̯kʰʌʈ]	चौखट्हरू [t͡sʌu̯kʰʌʈɦʌɾu]
accusative	चौखट्लाई [t͡sʌu̯kʰʌʈläi]	चौखट्हरूलाई [t͡sʌu̯kʰʌʈɦʌɾuläi]
instrumental/ergative	चौखट्ले [t͡sʌu̯kʰʌʈle]	चौखट्हरूले [t͡sʌu̯kʰʌʈɦʌɾule]
dative	चौखट्लाई [t͡sʌu̯kʰʌʈläi]	चौखट्हरूलाई [t͡sʌu̯kʰʌʈɦʌɾuläi]
ablative	चौखट्बाट [t͡sʌu̯kʰʌʈ̚bäʈʌ]	चौखट्हरूबाट [t͡sʌu̯kʰʌʈɦʌɾubäʈʌ]
genitive	चौखट्को [t͡sʌu̯kʰʌʈ̚ko]	चौखट्हरूको [t͡sʌu̯kʰʌʈɦʌɾuko]
locative	चौखट्मा [t͡sʌu̯kʰʌʈmä]	चौखट्हरूमा [t͡sʌu̯kʰʌʈɦʌɾumä]
Notes: -को (-ko) becomes: -का (-kā) when followed by a plural noun. -की (-kī) when followed by a feminine noun.

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1931) “चौखट्”, in A comparative and etymological dictionary of the Nepali language, London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner