s. f, chair, a seat, a throne, a safe for victuals, a watch, a guard, a police-station, an out-post, a band of musicians, a pilgrimage to certain sacred places, having certain rights or emoluments in connection with the pilgrims on a pilgrimage:—chaukí bahálṉí, baháuṉí, baiṭhálṉí, baiṭháuṉí, v. n. To place a guard, to set a watch:—chaukí, bhanní or mární, v. n. To smuggle :—chaukí bharní, v. n. To make offerings to gods or goddess, to worship, to sleep on the ground instead of a bed from religious motives, to fulfil a pilgrimage without sleeping on a bedstead, to keep vigils. When a company of pilgrims halt at a place on their way, those who intend to join the band come in from the surrounding villages, and with them come many of their friends, who keep watch through the night and return home the next morning: to pay custom:—chaukí karní, v. n. To hold a musical concert before a great man or Granth Sáhib:—chauki deṉí, v. n. To give one a seat, to keep watch; also the same as chaukí bharní:—chaukídár, s. m. A watchman, a sentinel, guard, a village policeman:—chaukídárí, s. f. The office of a watchman, the tax on account of watch or ward, fees or wages paid to the town or village watchman:—chaukídárṉi, s. f. The wife of a chaukídár:—chakí pahrá, s. m. One's turn of watch or guard :—chaukí pahrá deṉá, v. n. To keep watch or guard; i. q. Chauṇkí.