چوری

See also: جوري, چوڑی, and جوزي

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃuː.ˈɾiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰuː.ɾíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰuː.ɾíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰuː.ɾíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰu.ɾí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰuː.ɹíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰu.ɾí]

Readings
Classical reading?	čūrī
Dari reading?	čūrī
Iranian reading?	čuri
Tajik reading?	čurī

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hindustani چوڑی / चूड़ी (cūṛī).

Noun

Dari	چوری
Iranian Persian	النگو
Tajik	ҳалқа

چوری • (čûrî)

1. (chiefly Dari) bangle

   Synonym: النگو (alangu) (Iran)

Etymology 2

Noun

چوری • (čuri)

1. (dialectal, Isfahan, Yazd) chick (young chicken)

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀘𑁄𑀭𑀻 (corī), from Sanskrit चौरिका (caurikā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃoː.ɾiː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

چوری • (corī) f (Hindi spelling चोरी)

1. theft

Declension

Declension of چوری
	singular	plural
direct	چوری (corī)	چوریاں (coriyā̃)
oblique	چوری (corī)	چوریوں (coriyō̃)
vocative	چوری (corī)	چوریو (coriyō)

Related terms

• چور (cor)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “caurikā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press