๐‘€˜๐‘„๐‘€ญ

Prakrit

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit เคšเฅ‹เคฐ (corรก). Cognate with Pali cora, Niya Prakrit ๐จ•๐จ†๐จช (cora), Gandhari ๐จ•๐จ†๐จช (cora).

Noun

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๐‘€˜๐‘„๐‘€ญ (cora)ย m (Devanagari เคšเฅ‹เคฐ, Kannada เฒšเณ‹เฒฐ) (Mฤhฤrฤแนฃแนญrฤซ, ลšaurasenฤซ)

  1. thief, (by extension) any criminal, kidnapper
    • c. 200 CE โ€“ 600 CE, Hฤla, Gฤhฤ Sattasaฤซ 577:
      ๐‘€˜๐‘„๐‘€ญ๐‘€ธ ๐‘€ฒ๐‘€ช๐‘€…๐‘€ฒ๐‘€ข๐‘€ก๐‘†๐‘€ณ๐‘€ ๐‘€ง๐‘€ผ๐‘€ก๐‘„-๐‘€ง๐‘€ผ๐‘€ก๐‘„ ๐‘€ง๐‘‚๐‘€ฒ๐‘€…๐‘€๐‘€ข๐‘€บ ๐‘€ค๐‘€บ๐‘€๐‘†๐‘€ž๐‘€ป๐‘€‘
      ๐‘€…๐‘€ณ๐‘€บ๐‘€ญ๐‘€“๐‘†๐‘€”๐‘€บ๐‘€…๐‘€ก๐‘€บ๐‘€ณ๐‘€บ๐‘€“๐‘€ฎ๐‘€ฒ๐‘‚-๐‘€ฏ๐‘†๐‘€ฏ ๐‘€ง๐‘„๐‘€ ๐‘€ฏ๐‘€‡๐‘€†๐‘€ฃ๐‘€ฆ๐‘€ผ๐‘€˜๐‘†๐‘€™๐‘€๐‘€•๐‘‚
      corฤ sabhaasataแน‡haแนƒ puแน‡o-puแน‡o pesaaแนƒti diแนญแนญhฤซo
      ahirakkhiaแน‡ihikalase-vva poแธhavaรฏฤthanucchaแนƒge
      • 2009 translation by Peter Khoroche and Herman Tieken
        With fear and with longing, the kidnappers repeatedly steal glances at the round breasts of the warriorโ€™s wife
        As if they were pots of gold guarded by snakes.

Declension

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Maharastri declension of ๐‘€˜๐‘„๐‘€ญ (masculine)
singular plural
Nominative ๐‘€˜๐‘„๐‘€ญ๐‘„ (coro) ๐‘€˜๐‘„๐‘€ญ๐‘€ธ (corฤ)
Accusative ๐‘€˜๐‘„๐‘€ญ๐‘€ (coraแนƒ) ๐‘€˜๐‘„๐‘€ญ๐‘‚ (core) or ๐‘€˜๐‘„๐‘€ญ๐‘€ธ (corฤ)
Instrumental ๐‘€˜๐‘„๐‘€ญ๐‘‚๐‘€ก (coreแน‡a) or ๐‘€˜๐‘„๐‘€ญ๐‘‚๐‘€ก๐‘€ (coreแน‡aแนƒ) ๐‘€˜๐‘„๐‘€ญ๐‘‚๐‘€ณ๐‘€บ (corehi) or ๐‘€˜๐‘„๐‘€ญ๐‘‚๐‘€ณ๐‘€บ๐‘€ (corehiแนƒ)
Dative ๐‘€˜๐‘„๐‘€ญ๐‘€ธ๐‘€… (corฤa) โ€”
Ablative ๐‘€˜๐‘„๐‘€ญ๐‘€ธ๐‘€‘ (corฤo) or ๐‘€˜๐‘„๐‘€ญ๐‘€ธ๐‘€‰ (corฤu) or ๐‘€˜๐‘„๐‘€ญ๐‘€ธ (corฤ) or ๐‘€˜๐‘„๐‘€ญ๐‘€ธ๐‘€ณ๐‘€บ (corฤhi) or ๐‘€˜๐‘„๐‘€ญ๐‘€ธ๐‘€ณ๐‘€บ๐‘€๐‘€ข๐‘„ (corฤhiแนƒto) โ€”
Genitive ๐‘€˜๐‘„๐‘€ญ๐‘€ฒ๐‘†๐‘€ฒ (corassa) ๐‘€˜๐‘„๐‘€ญ๐‘€ธ๐‘€ก (corฤแน‡a) or ๐‘€˜๐‘„๐‘€ญ๐‘€ธ๐‘€ก๐‘€ (corฤแน‡aแนƒ)
Locative ๐‘€˜๐‘„๐‘€ญ๐‘€ซ๐‘†๐‘€ซ๐‘€บ (corammi) or ๐‘€˜๐‘„๐‘€ญ๐‘‚ (core) ๐‘€˜๐‘„๐‘€ญ๐‘‚๐‘€ฒ๐‘€ผ (coresu) or ๐‘€˜๐‘„๐‘€ญ๐‘‚๐‘€ฒ๐‘€ผ๐‘€ (coresuแนƒ)
Vocative ๐‘€˜๐‘„๐‘€ญ (cora) or ๐‘€˜๐‘„๐‘€ญ๐‘€ธ (corฤ) ๐‘€˜๐‘„๐‘€ญ๐‘€ธ (corฤ)
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Descendants

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References

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  • Misra, Bal Govind (1967) Historical Phonology of Modern Standard Hindi: Proto-Indo-European to the Present, Cornell University, page 119
  • Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923โ€“1928) โ€œเคšเฅ‹เคฐโ€, in เคชเคพเค‡เค…-เคธเคฆเฅเคฆ-เคฎเคนเคฃเฅเคฃเคตเฅ‹ [pฤia-sadda-mahaแน‡แน‡avo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 332.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969โ€“1985) โ€œcลrรกโ€, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 269