چور
Southeast Pashayi
Etymology
Noun
چور (čōr)
Further reading
- Abd-El-Malek Lamuwal, Adam Baker (2013) “Southeastern Pashayi”, in Journal of the International Phonetic Association, volume 43, Cambridge: International Phonetic Association, pages 243-246
Urdu
Etymology
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
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /t͡ʃoːɾ/
- Rhymes: -oːɾ
Noun
چور • (cor) m (Hindi spelling चोर)
- thief
- (figuratively) an untrustable; evil person
- ulcer
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | چور (cor) | چور (cor) |
| oblique | چور (cor) | چوروں (corõ) |
| vocative | چور (cor) | چورو (coro) |
Derived terms
References
- ^ “چور”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cōrá1”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Further reading
More information
- “چور”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “چور”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “چور”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “چور”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
- John Shakespear (1834) “چور”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC