چور

See also: خور, جور, خوز, and جوز

Southeast Pashayi

Etymology

From Sanskrit चोर (cora).

Noun

چور (čōr)

1. thief

Further reading

• Abd-El-Malek Lamuwal, Adam Baker (2013) “Southeastern Pashayi”, in Journal of the International Phonetic Association, volume 43, Cambridge: International Phonetic Association, pages 243-246

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃoːɾ/
• Rhymes: -oːɾ

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 (corō̃)
vocative	چور (cor)	چورو (corō)

Derived terms

• چورِی (corī, “theft”)

Further reading

More information

• “چور”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• 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.
• S. W. Fallon (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, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC