चोर

See also: चोरी, चार, चारु, चर्, चौर, चुर्, and चरा

Braj

Etymology

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

Noun

चोर (cor) m

1. thief

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃoːɾ/

Noun

चोर • (cor) m (Urdu spelling چور)

1. thief, robber, burglar

   मन का चोर ― man kā cor ― lover (literally, “thief of the heart”)

2. (figuratively, derogatory) a dishonest merchant; a stinge

Declension

Declension of चोर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चोर cor	चोर cor
oblique	चोर cor	चोरों corõ
vocative	चोर cor	चोरो coro

Related terms

• काला चोर (kālā cor)
• चुराना (curānā)
• चोरी (corī)
• चोरी करना (corī karnā)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “चोर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cōrá¹”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Konkani

Etymology

Inherited from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀘𑁄𑀭 (cora), from Sanskrit चोर (corá), चौर (caurá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡soːɾ/

Noun

चोर • (ċōr) m (Latin script chor, Kannada script ಚೋರ)

1. thief

Declension

Declension of चोर
	singular	plural
ergative	चोरान (ċōrān)	चोरान्नि (ċōrānni)
nominative	चोर (ċōr)	चोरा (ċōrā)
vocative	चोरा (ċōrā)	चोरान्नो (ċōrānno)
accusative/dative	चोराक (ċōrāk)	चोरांक (ċōrānk)
superessive	चोरार/चोराचेर (ċōrār/ċōrācer)	चोरान्चेर (ċōrāncer)
instrumental	चोरानि (ċōrāni)	चोरान्नि (ċōrānni)
ablative	चोरात्ल्यान (ċōrātlyān)	चोरान्त्ल्यान (ċōrāntlyān)

Genitive declension of चोर
	masculine object		feminine object
	singular	plural	singular	plural
singular subject	चोराचो (ċōrātso)	चोराचे (ċōrāce)	चोराचि (ċōrāci)	चोराचि (ċōrāci)
plural subject	चोरान्चो (ċōrāntso)	चोरान्चे (ċōrānce)	चोरान्चि (ċōrānci)	चोरान्चि (ċōrānci)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cōrá¹”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘓𑘻𑘨 (cora), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀘𑁄𑀭 (cora), from Sanskrit चोर (corá), चौर (caurá). Cognate with Bengali চোর (cōr), Gujarati ચોર (cor), Konkani चोर (cor), Nepali चोर (cor).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡soɾ/

Noun

चोर • (cor) m

1. thief

   तोच चोर आहे.

   toc cor āhe.

   He is the thief.

Related terms

• चोरणे (corṇe)
• चोरी (corī)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “चोर”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “चोर”, 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) “चोर”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cōrá¹”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Nepali

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡sor]
• Phonetic Devanagari: चोर्

Noun

चोर • (cor) m

1. thief, robber, burglar

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡sor]
• Phonetic Devanagari: चोर्

Adjective

चोर • (cor)

1. unethical, dishonest, sly

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡soɾʌ]
• Phonetic Devanagari: cोर्a

Verb

चोर • (cora)

1. mid-respectful second-person singular imperative of चोर्नु (cornu)

Related terms

• चोर्नु (cornu)

References

• “चोर”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎^[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
• Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “चोर”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar

Old Gujarati

Etymology

Either borrowed from Sanskrit चोर (cora) or from through Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀘𑁄𑀭 (cora). Cognate with Old Marathi 𑘓𑘻𑘨 (cora).

Noun

चोर • (cora) m

1. thief

Descendants

• Gujarati: ચોર (cor)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• cora (Latin script)
• 𑀘𑁄𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• চোর (Bengali script)
• චොර (Sinhalese script)
• စောရ or ၸေႃရ (Burmese script)
• โจร or โจระ (Thai script)
• ᨧᩮᩣᩁ (Tai Tham script)
• ໂຈຣ or ໂຈຣະ (Lao script)
• ចោរ (Khmer script)
• 𑄌𑄮𑄢 (Chakma script)

Noun

चोर m

1. Devanagari script form of cora

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• চোৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬘᭀᬭ (Balinese script)
• চোর (Bengali script)
• 𑰓𑰺𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀘𑁄𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• စောရ (Burmese script)
• ચોર (Gujarati script)
• ਚੋਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌚𑍋𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦕꦺꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂒𑂷𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಚೋರ (Kannada script)
• ចោរ (Khmer script)
• ໂຈຣ (Lao script)
• ചോര (Malayalam script)
• ᢜᠣᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘓𑘻𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᢋᠣᠸᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦳𑧜𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐔𑑀𑐬 (Newa script)
• ଚୋର (Odia script)
• ꢗꣂꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆖𑆾𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖓𑖺𑖨 (Siddham script)
• චොර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩡𑩕𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚏𑚴𑚤 (Takri script)
• சோர (Tamil script)
• చోర (Telugu script)
• โจร (Thai script)
• ཙོ་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒔𑒼𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨣𑨆𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Probably borrowed from either Dravidian or Austroasiatic. The Sanskrit root चुर् (cur, “to steal, rob”) likely derives from this word, rather than the other way around.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐw.ɾɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕoː.ɾɐ/

Noun

चोर • (corá) stem, m

1. thief, robber
2. plagiarist

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of चोर

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	चोरः (coráḥ)	चोरौ (coraú) चोरा¹ (corā́¹)	चोराः (corā́ḥ) चोरासः¹ (corā́saḥ¹)
accusative	चोरम् (corám)	चोरौ (coraú) चोरा¹ (corā́¹)	चोरान् (corā́n)
instrumental	चोरेण (coréṇa)	चोराभ्याम् (corā́bhyām)	चोरैः (coraíḥ) चोरेभिः¹ (corébhiḥ¹)
dative	चोराय (corā́ya)	चोराभ्याम् (corā́bhyām)	चोरेभ्यः (corébhyaḥ)
ablative	चोरात् (corā́t)	चोराभ्याम् (corā́bhyām)	चोरेभ्यः (corébhyaḥ)
genitive	चोरस्य (corásya)	चोरयोः (coráyoḥ)	चोराणाम् (corā́ṇām)
locative	चोरे (coré)	चोरयोः (coráyoḥ)	चोरेषु (coréṣu)
vocative	चोर (córa)	चोरौ (córau) चोरा¹ (córā¹)	चोराः (córāḥ) चोरासः¹ (córāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Related terms

• चौर (caura, “thief”)
• चोरी (corī, “female thief”)
• चित्तचोर (cittacora, “a metaphorical epithet of the deity Krishna”, literally “thief of the mind”)

Descendants

• Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Assamese: চোৰ (sür)
  • Bengali: চোর (cōr)
  • Chakma: 𑄌𑄪𑄢𑄴 (cur)
  • Rohingya: sur
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀘𑁄𑀭 (cora) (see there for further descendants)
• Paisaci Prakrit:
  • Punjabi: ਚੋਰ (cor)
• Pali: cora
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀘𑁄𑀭 (cora) (see there for further descendants)
• → Kannada: ಚೋರ (cōra)
• → Khmer: ចោរ (cao)
• → Old Javanese: cora, corah
  • > Javanese: ꦕꦺꦴꦫ (cora) (inherited)
• ⇒ Telugu: చోరుడు (cōruḍu)
• → Thai: โจร (joon)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “चोर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 400/3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 552
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[3] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 401
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cōrá¹”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press