-ख़ोर

Hindi

Alternative forms

-खोर (-khor) — nuqtaless

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (xōr), stem of (xordan, “to eat”).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /xoːɾ/, /kʰoːɾ/
Rhymes: -oːɾ

Suffix

-ख़ोर • (-xor) m (Urdu spelling ـخور)

(literally or figuratively) forms adjectives and nouns: eating, drinking, devouring; eater, drinker, devourer
Synonym: खानेवाला (khānevālā)

‎हराम (harām, “unlawfully begotten”) + ‎-ख़ोर (-xor) → ‎हरामख़ोर (harāmxor, “one who lives on illegitimately obtained resources or others’ earnings; indolent”)

‎घूस (ghūs, “bribe”) + ‎-ख़ोर (-xor) → ‎घूसख़ोर (ghūsxor, “bribetaker”, literally, “bribe-eater”)
- 2006, “Chanda Chamke”, in Prasoon Joshi (lyrics), Jatin–Lalit (music), Fanaa‎^[1], performed by Sonu Nigam, Sunidhi Chauhan, William Rousseau, Sulaiman Merchant, Aamir Khan, and Kajol:
  चंदा चमके चम-चम, चीखे चौकन्ना चोर,
  चींटी चाटे चीनी, चटोरी चीनीखोर।
  candā camke cam-cam, cīkhe caukannā cor,
  cī̃ṭī cāṭe cīnī, caṭorī cīnīkhor.
  The moon shines brightly, the alert thief shouts,
  the ant laps up sugar, [it is a] fond sugar-eater.

Declension

Declension of *-ख़ोर* (masc cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	-ख़ोर -xor	-ख़ोर -xor
oblique	-ख़ोर -xor	-ख़ोरों -xorõ
vocative	-ख़ोर -xor	-ख़ोरो -xoro

Derived terms

Hindi terms suffixed with -ख़ोर

ग़ोताख़ोर

घूसख़ोर

नशाख़ोर

रिश्वतख़ोर

लतख़ोर

शराबख़ोर

हरामख़ोर

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “-ख़ोर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 246