چور

See also: خور, جور, خوز, and جوز

Kalami

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres
Proto-Indo-Iranian *čatwā́ras
Sanskrit च॒तुर् (catúr)
Kalami چور

    Inherited from Sanskrit च॒तुर् (catúr), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čatwā́ras, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

    Pronunciation

    • Tone class: H
    • IPA(key): /t͡ɕóːɾ/

    Numeral

    چور (čōr) (cardinal number)

    1. four

    References

    • Baart, Joan L. G. (1997), “čōr”, in The sounds and tones of Kalam Kohistani: with wordlist and texts (Studies in Languages of Northern Pakistan; 1)‎[1], National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University; Summer Institute of Linguistics, page 84

    Southeast Pashayi

    Etymology

    From Sanskrit चोर (cora).

    Noun

    چور (čōr)

    1. thief

    Further reading

    Urdu

    Etymology

    Inherited from Old Hindi چور (cvr /⁠cor⁠/) (c. 1392),[1] from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀘𑁄𑀭 (cora), from Sanskrit चोर (corá), चौर (caurá).[2] Compare Romani chor.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    چور • (cor) m (Hindi spelling चोर)

    1. thief
    2. (figuratively) an untrustable; evil person
    3. ulcer

    Declension

    Declension of چور
    singular plural
    direct چور (cor) چور (cor)
    oblique چور (cor) چوروں (corõ)
    vocative چور (cor) چورو (coro)

    Derived terms

    References

    1. ^ “چور”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
    2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “cōrá1”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

    Further reading

    More information
    • “چور”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
    • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “چور”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
    • Platts, John T. (1884), “چور”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
    • Fallon, S. W. (1879), “چور”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
    • John Shakespear (1834), “چور”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
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