kurwa

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See also: kurva, kùrva, kurwą, kùrwa, and курва

Hausa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kùɽ.wáː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [kʷʊ̀ɽ.wáː]

Noun

kùrwā f (possessed form kùrwar̃)

  1. soul

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kury, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros (loved), from *keh₂-. Cognate with Latin cārus, Latvian kārs. For semantic development, compare English whore.

Pronunciation

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Noun

kurwa f (diminutive kurewka, augmentative kurwisko)

  1. (vulgar) prostitute, whore
  2. (offensive, vulgar) bitch, slut, whore; term of abuse for women
    • 1883, Jan Kochanowski, Na matematyka[1]:
      Ziemię pomierzył i głębokie morze, / Wie, jako wstają i zachodzą zorze, / Wiatrom rozumie, praktykuje komu — / A sam nie widzi, że ma kurwę w domu.
      He measured Earth and deep seas, / He knows how dawns rise and go down, / He understand winds, he gives practics, / But he do not sees he has whore in home.
  3. (offensive, vulgar) a loathsome person, especially one who is unprincipled; someone who lacks integrity; applies to both genders

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Descendants

  • Yiddish: קורווע (kurve)

Interjection

kurwa

  1. (vulgar) fuck!, shit!, damn!
    Kurwa, mówiłem, żebyś tego nie ruszał!
    Fuck! I told you not to touch this!
  2. (vulgar) used as intensifier
    Do każdej pierdółki potrzebna jest zgoda kierownika? To już jest, kurwa, jakiś absurd.
    You need the manager's approval even for the most trivial shit? That's just fucking absurd.
  3. (vulgar) used as filler
    Tomasz, kurwa, zamknij kibel!
    Tomasz, close the fucking toilet!

Usage notes

  • In many cases it is used to spontaneously express many emotions, such as happiness, astonishment, discomfort, anger or pain.
  • Random insertion of kurwa as fillers into sentences is associated with the lower social classes.

Further reading

  • kurwa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kurwa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kury.

Noun

kurwa f

  1. whore, prostitute
  2. bitch