chowk
/tʃaʊk
/noun [usually in names]
(In South Asia) an open market area in a city at the junction of two roads: Chandni Chowk...
- Before Id, Mohammed Ali Road, running from Barki chowk to the famous Nanded Tower, is usually crammed with at least a 1000 handcarts.
- Earlier, the Municipal Corporation had named a chowk after Ali Miyan.
- Traffic snarls were witnessed at the Sector 7/8 roundabout and at the Housing Board chowk.
Origin
From Hindi cauk.
- valuation day
- valuative
- valuator
- value
- value added
- value-added network
- value added tax
- value-adding
- value analysis
- value analyst
- value calling
- value chain
- valued
- valued policy
- value engineering
- value for money
- value-free
- value freedom
- value judgement
- value-laden
- value-ladenness
- valueless
- valuelessness
- value-loaded
- value-neutral