𑀘𑁄𑀭

Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit चोर (corá). Cognate with Pali cora, Niya Prakrit 𐨕𐨆𐨪 (cora), Gandhari 𐨕𐨆𐨪 (cora).

Noun

𑀘𑁄𑀭 (cora) m (Devanagari चोर, Kannada ಚೋರ) (Maharastri, Sauraseni)

1. thief, (by extension) any criminal, kidnapper
   • c. 200 CE – 600 CE, Hāla, Gāhā Sattasaī 577:

     𑀘𑁄𑀭𑀸 𑀲𑀪𑀅𑀲𑀢𑀡𑁆𑀳𑀁 𑀧𑀼𑀡𑁄-𑀧𑀼𑀡𑁄 𑀧𑁂𑀲𑀅𑀁𑀢𑀺 𑀤𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻𑀑
     𑀅𑀳𑀺𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀺𑀅𑀡𑀺𑀳𑀺𑀓𑀮𑀲𑁂-𑀯𑁆𑀯 𑀧𑁄𑀠𑀯𑀇𑀆𑀣𑀦𑀼𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀁𑀕𑁂

     corā sabhaasataṇhaṃ puṇo-puṇo pesaaṃti diṭṭhīo
     ahirakkhiaṇihikalase-vva poḍhavaïāthanucchaṃge

     • 2009 translation by Peter Khoroche and Herman Tieken

       With fear and with longing, the kidnappers repeatedly steal glances at the round breasts of the warrior’s wife
       As if they were pots of gold guarded by snakes.

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀘𑁄𑀭 (masculine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀘𑁄𑀭𑁄 (coro)	𑀘𑁄𑀭𑀸 (corā)
Accusative	𑀘𑁄𑀭𑀁 (coraṃ)	𑀘𑁄𑀭𑁂 (core) or 𑀘𑁄𑀭𑀸 (corā)
Instrumental	𑀘𑁄𑀭𑁂𑀡 (coreṇa) or 𑀘𑁄𑀭𑁂𑀡𑀁 (coreṇaṃ)	𑀘𑁄𑀭𑁂𑀳𑀺 (corehi) or 𑀘𑁄𑀭𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (corehiṃ)
Dative	𑀘𑁄𑀭𑀸𑀅 (corāa)	—
Ablative	𑀘𑁄𑀭𑀸𑀑 (corāo) or 𑀘𑁄𑀭𑀸𑀉 (corāu) or 𑀘𑁄𑀭𑀸 (corā) or 𑀘𑁄𑀭𑀸𑀳𑀺 (corāhi) or 𑀘𑁄𑀭𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (corāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀘𑁄𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀲 (corassa)	𑀘𑁄𑀭𑀸𑀡 (corāṇa) or 𑀘𑁄𑀭𑀸𑀡𑀁 (corāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀘𑁄𑀭𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (corammi) or 𑀘𑁄𑀭𑁂 (core)	𑀘𑁄𑀭𑁂𑀲𑀼 (coresu) or 𑀘𑁄𑀭𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (coresuṃ)
Vocative	𑀘𑁄𑀭 (cora) or 𑀘𑁄𑀭𑀸 (corā)	𑀘𑁄𑀭𑀸 (corā)

Related terms

• 𑀘𑁄𑀭𑀕 (coraga)

Descendants

• Braj: चोर (cor)
• Old Gujarati: चोर (cora)
  • Gujarati: ચોર (cor)
• Hindustani: cor

  Hindi: चोर

  Urdu: چور (cor)

• Konkani: cor

  Devanagari script: चोर

  Kannada script: ಚೋರ

  Latin script: chor

• Old Marathi: cor

  Devanagari script: चोर

  Modi script: 𑘓𑘻𑘨

  • Marathi: चोर (cor)
• Nepali: चोर् (cor), चोर (cor)
• Punjabi: ਚੋਰ (cor)
• Romani: ćor, chor; čor
  • Caló: choro
    • → Spanish: choro
  • Traveller Norwegian: kjår
  • → Hungarian: csór
• Vaghri: ચોર (cor)

References

• Misra, Bal Govind (1967) Historical Phonology of Modern Standard Hindi: Proto-Indo-European to the Present, Cornell University, page 119
• Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923-1928) “चोर”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [Pāia-Sadda-Mahaṇṇavo; lit. Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 332.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cōrá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 269