Talk:चौकी

@Aryaman Hi, seems it's borrowed from Dari Persian چوکی (chaukii) which means "chair". Assamese চকী (soki) also means chair and the hindi word means stool, bench.

-- Sagir

@Sagir Ahmed Msa: According to the Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, the word is from Sanskrit चतुष्क (catuṣka, “having four”), via Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀘𑀉𑀓𑁆𑀓 (caükka). I think that makes more sense, and that the Persian word is also probably from Sanskrit since it is only used in Afghanistan and not Iran. —Aryaman ^{(मुझसे बात करो)} 12:34, 9 October 2017 (UTC)