चोरइ
Apabhramsa
editEtymology
editInherited from Sanskrit चोरयति (corayati).
Verb
editचोरइ (coraï) (transitive)
- to steal, rob
- c. 9th – 10th century CE, Gunapala, जंबू-सामि-चरिउ (jaṃbū-sāmi-cariu) [Jambu-Sami-Chariu] 9.15.4-5
- करमि अकम्मु सिट्ठ-जण-दूसिउ मंदिरु तं न जं न मइँ मूसिउ ।
तेरउ एक्क नवर न निहेलणु चोरमि अज्जु तं पि पेरिउ मणु ।- karami akammu siṭṭha-jaṇa-dūsiu maṃdiru taṃ na jaṃ na maïm̐ mūsiu.
teraü ekka navara na nihelaṇu corami ajju taṃ pi periu maṇu. - I commit misdeeds that are condemned by civilised people. There is no house that I have not looted from.
In fact, your house is the only one that I have not looted yet, so I am tempted to rob it today.
- karami akammu siṭṭha-jaṇa-dūsiu maṃdiru taṃ na jaṃ na maïm̐ mūsiu.
Descendants
editDescendants
- Central Indo-Aryan:
- Northern Indo-Aryan:
- Nepali: चोर्नु (cornu)
- Southern Indo-Aryan:
Further reading
edit- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cōráyati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 269