-ख़ोर

Hindi

Alternative forms

• -खोर (-khor) — nuqtaless

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خور (xōr), stem of خوردن (xordan, “to eat”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /xoːɾ/, /kʰoːɾ/
• Rhymes: -oːɾ

Suffix

-ख़ोर • (-xor) m (Urdu spelling ـخور)

1. (literally or figuratively) forms adjectives and nouns: eating, drinking, devouring; eater, drinker, devourer

   Synonym: खानेवाला (khānevālā)

   ‎हराम (harām, “unlawfully begotten”) + ‎-ख़ोर (-xor) → ‎हरामख़ोर (harāmxor, “one who lives on illegitimately obtained resources or others’ earnings; indolent”)

   ‎घूस (ghūs, “bribe”) + ‎-ख़ोर (-xor) → ‎घूसख़ोर (ghūsxor, “bribetaker”, literally, “bribe-eater”)

   • 2006, “Chanda Chamke”, in Prasoon Joshi (lyrics), Jatin–Lalit (music), Fanaa‎^[1], performed by Sonu Nigam, Sunidhi Chauhan, William Rousseau, Sulaiman Merchant, Aamir Khan, and Kajol:

     चंदा चमके चम-चम, चीखे चौकन्ना चोर,
     चींटी चाटे चीनी, चटोरी चीनीखोर।

     candā camke cam-cam, cīkhe caukannā cor,
     cī̃ṭī cāṭe cīnī, caṭorī cīnīkhor.

     The moon shines brightly, the alert thief shouts,
     the ant laps up sugar, [it is a] fond sugar-eater.

Declension

Declension of -ख़ोर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	-ख़ोर -xor	-ख़ोर -xor
oblique	-ख़ोर -xor	-ख़ोरों -xorõ
vocative	-ख़ोर -xor	-ख़ोरो -xoro

Derived terms

Hindi terms suffixed with -ख़ोर

ग़ोताख़ोर

घूसख़ोर

नशाख़ोर

रिश्वतख़ोर

लतख़ोर

शराबख़ोर

हरामख़ोर

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “-ख़ोर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 246