چور

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See also: خور, جور, خوز, and جوز

Southeast Pashayi

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit चोर (cora).

Noun

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چور (čōr)

  1. thief

Further reading

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Urdu

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Hindi چور (cvr /⁠cor⁠/) (c. 1392),[1] from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀘𑁄𑀭 (cora), from Sanskrit चोर (corá), चौर (caurá).[2] Compare Romani chor.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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چور (corm (Hindi spelling चोर)

  1. thief
  2. (figuratively) an untrustable; evil person
  3. ulcer

Declension

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    Declension of چور
singular plural
direct چور (cor) چور (cor)
oblique چور (cor) چوروں (corõ)
vocative چور (cor) چورو (coro)

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ چور”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cōrá1”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Further reading

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