चोर

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

चोर (cor) m

1. thief

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

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃoːɾ/

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

• 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

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

• IPA^(key): /t͡soːɾ/

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

1. thief

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)

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

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).

• IPA^(key): /t͡soɾ/

चोर • (cor) m

1. thief

   तोच चोर आहे.

   toc cor āhe.

   He is the thief.

• चोरणे (corṇe)
• चोरी (corī)

• 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

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

चोर • (cor) m

1. thief, robber, burglar

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

चोर • (cor)

1. unethical, dishonest, sly

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

चोर • (cora)

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

• “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

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

चोर • (cora) m

1. thief

• Gujarati: ચોર (cor)

चोर m

1. Devanagari script form of cora

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.

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

चोर • (corá) stem, m

1. thief, robber
2. plagiarist

Masculine a-stem declension of चोर (corá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	चोरः coráḥ	चोरौ / चोरा¹ coraú / corā́¹	चोराः / चोरासः¹ corā́ḥ / corā́saḥ¹
Vocative	चोर córa	चोरौ / चोरा¹ córau / córā¹	चोराः / चोरासः¹ córāḥ / córāsaḥ¹
Accusative	चोरम् corám	चोरौ / चोरा¹ coraú / corā́¹	चोरान् corā́n
Instrumental	चोरेण coréṇa	चोराभ्याम् corā́bhyām	चोरैः / चोरेभिः¹ coraíḥ / 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
Notes	¹Vedic

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

• 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)

• 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