Chokidar: Why is Chokidar called Chokidar?

[jbreckmckye]

I'm just curious.

[jbreckmckye]

Found the origin! It's a variant of _chowkidar_, itself a transliteration of a Hindi word meaning 'watchman, gatekeeper', _चौकीदार_. This ultimately comes from Sanskrit _ चतुष्क_ (crossway, quadrangle, consisting-of-four).

That comes from _चतुर्_, loosely pronounced 'catur', which is cognate to Proto-Indo-European _*kʷetwóres_, root of our word _quarter_ (via Latin _quartus_). Basically the idea is that you might 'guard' (chowkidar) an enclosed space, usually contained within four walls.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chowkidar

[paulmillr]

That's mostly it!

[xeoneux]

As an Indian, I found the name funny :smile:

[shivamb312]

Found the origin! It's a variant of _chowkidar_, itself a transliteration of a Hindi word meaning 'watchman, gatekeeper', _चौकीदार_. This ultimately comes from Sanskrit _ चतुष्क_ (crossway, quadrangle, consisting-of-four).

That comes from _चतुर्_, loosely pronounced 'catur', which is cognate to Proto-Indo-European _*kʷetwóres_, root of our word _quarter_ (via Latin _quartus_). Basically the idea is that you might 'guard' (chowkidar) an enclosed space, usually contained within four walls.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chowkidar

When I found this library, I thought the name definitely came from its Hindi meaning LOL. It was so funny. Just wanted to let you know that चतुर् is pronounced "chatur".

[tukusejssirs]

@paulmillr, I think the reason behind the name should be mentioned in the README.md. :)

[@xeoneux]
As an Indian, I found the name funny :smile:

@xeoneux, may I know why do you find the name funny?

[PrabhanshuAttri]

@tukusejssirs When I hear chokidar, it reminds of an actual watchman. Chokidar is such a common word that finding it in tech was funny for me, especially having a piece of software in my system which I can refer to as my own chokidar/watchman.

[Kaos-Industries]

That's mostly it!

Mostly? What's the rest of it? And what inspired you to call it that?