ćor

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cor"

Romani

Alternative forms

• chor (Anglicized)
• čor (Pan-Vlax)

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀘𑁄𑀭 (cora), from Sanskrit चोर (cōrá). Cognate with Bengali চোর (cōr), Gujarati ચોર (cor), Hindustani چور / चोर (cor), Konkani चोर (cor), Marathi चोर (cor), and Nepali चोर (cor).

Noun

ćor m (nominative plural ćora)

1. (International Standard) thief

Descendants

• Caló: choro
  • → Spanish: choro
• Traveller Norwegian: kjår
• → Hungarian: csór

References

• Yaron Matras (2002) “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction‎^[1], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 39
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cōrá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 269

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كور (kör), from Persian کور (kur).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕôr/

Adjective

ćȍr (Cyrillic spelling ћо̏р) (indeclinable)

1. blind (in both eyes)
2. blind in one eye

Further reading

• “ćor”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024