shoke

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English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

shouq

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Hindi शौक़ (śauq), ultimately from Arabic شَوْق (šawq). Doublet of shiok.

Noun[edit]

shoke (plural shokes)

(India, obsolete) A hobby, a favourite pursuit or whim.

References[edit]

Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “shoke”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].

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