See also: خور, جور, خوز, and جوز

Southeast Pashayi edit

Etymology edit

From Sanskrit चोर (cora).

Noun edit

چور (čōr)

  1. thief

Further reading edit

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀘𑁄𑀭 (cora), from Sanskrit चोर (corá), चौर (caurá). Compare Romani chor.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

چور (corm (Hindi spelling चोर)

  1. thief

Declension edit

Declension of چور
singular plural
direct چور (cor) چور (cor)
oblique چور (cor) چوروں (corō̃)
vocative چور (cor) چورو (corō)

See also edit

References edit

  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “چور”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cōrá1”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press