[cɔ̵k], m. a square, crossing, central market place.
[◀MIA: Pk. caükka- n. ‘set of four, cross-roads, square’, °kiā- f. ‘courtyard’; Pa. catukka- n. ‘set of four, junction of four roads, village square’ ◀OIA catuṣka- ‘consisting of four’, n. ‘set of four’ Mn., ‘quadrangular courtyard’ Pañcat. <catur- ‘four’ ◀PIE *kʷetu̯er-, kʷetuō̆r-, kʷetur- m., kʷetes(o)r- f. ‘four’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. four ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. quarter, tetra- ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0451; (Turner, 1966) 4629; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 260; (MW, 1899) 0386, 0384; (Pokorny, 1959) 0642; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.526
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