کورا
See also: کوڑا
Punjabi
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /koː.ɾäː/
- Rhymes: -äː
- Hyphenation: کو‧را
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Punjabi کورا (korā).
Noun
کورا • (korā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਕੋਰਾ)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | کورا (korā) | کورے (kore) |
| oblique | کورے (kore) | کوریْاں (koriyāṉ) |
| vocative | کوریْا (koriyā) | کوریو (koreyo) |
| ablative | کوریوں (koreyoṉ) | کوریْاں (koriyāṉ) |
| locative | – | کورِیں (korīṉ) |
| instrumental | کورے (kore) | – |
Etymology 2
Inherited from Prakrit *𑀓𑁄𑀭 (*kora).
Adjective
کورا • (korā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਕੋਰਾ)
- new, unused (for earthen pot)
- new, not yet washed or bleached (for cloth)
- blank (for paper)
- not sociable, unsocial, unobliging (for person or behaviour)
Declension
| masculine | feminine | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| direct | کورا ({{{2}}}ā) | کورے ({{{2}}}e) | کوری ({{{2}}}ī) | کورِیاں ({{{2}}}iyāṉ) | |
| oblique | کورے ({{{2}}}e) | کوریاں ({{{2}}}eyāṉ) | کوری ({{{2}}}ī) | کورِیاں ({{{2}}}iyāṉ) | |
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “کورا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “ਕੋਰਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*kōra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 183