कोरे

See also: कर, -कर, कार, कारा, कारौ, कुरा, कुरी, कुरु, कूर, केरा, कोर, and कोरा

Hindi

Adjective

कोरे • (kore) m

1. inflection of कोरा (korā):
   1. oblique/vocative masculine singular
   2. direct/oblique/vocative masculine plural

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀓𑁄𑀭 (*kora) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-). Compare Gujarati કોરું (korũ), Hindustani کورا (korā) / कोरा (korā), Sindhi ڪورو / कोरो, Punjabi ਕੋਰਾ (korā) / کورا (korā), Maithili कोरा (kōrā) / 𑒏𑒼𑒩𑒰 (kōrā), Odia କୋରା (korā), Bengali কোরা (kōra).

Pronunciation

• (formal) IPA^(key): /ko.ɾe/
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ko.ɾə/

Adjective

कोरे • (kore)

1. blank, unused, new

   कोरा कागद ― korā kāgad ― blank piece of paper

   कोऱ्या नोटा ― koryā noṭā ― unused banknotes

2. (of coffee or tea) black (without milk or other whitener)

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “कोरे”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “कोरा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “कोरा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*kōra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press