चोरइ

Apabhramsa

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit चोरयति (corayati).

Verb

चोरइ (coraï) (transitive)

1. to steal, rob
   • c. 9th – 10th century CE, Gunapala, जंबू-सामि-चरिउ (jaṃbū-sāmi-cariu) [Jambu-Sami-Chariu] 9.15.4-5

     करमि अकम्मु सिट्ठ-जण-दूसिउ मंदिरु तं न जं न मइँ मूसिउ ।
     तेरउ एक्क नवर न निहेलणु चोरमि अज्जु तं पि पेरिउ मणु ।

     karami akammu siṭṭha-jaṇa-dūsiu maṃdiru taṃ na jaṃ na maïm̐ mūsiu.
     teraü ekka navara na nihelaṇu corami ajju taṃ pi periu maṇu.

     I commit misdeeds that are condemned by civilised people. There is no house that I have not looted from.
     In fact, your house is the only one that I have not looted yet, so I am tempted to rob it today.

Descendants

Descendants

• Central Indo-Aryan:
  • Hindustani: cornā

    Hindi: चोरना

    Urdu: چورْنا

  • Romani: ćorel
    • → Czech: čórovat, čórnout
    • → Romanian: ciordi
• Northern Indo-Aryan:
  • Nepali: चोर्नु (cornu)
• Southern Indo-Aryan:
  • Konkani: चोर्चे (ċorce)
  • Old Marathi: coraṇe

    Devanagari script: चोरणे

    Modi script: 𑘓𑘻𑘨𑘜𑘹

    • Marathi: ċorṇe

      Devanagari script: चोरणे

      Modi script: 𑘓𑘻𑘨𑘜𑘹

  • Western Indo-Aryan:
    • Gujarati: ચોરવું (corvũ)

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cōráyati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 269