# चोर
## Braj
### Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀘𑁄𑀭 (cora), from Sanskrit चोर (cora). Compare Romani chor.

### Noun

चोर (cor) m
* thief

## Hindi
### Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀘𑁄𑀭 (cora), from Sanskrit चोर (corá), चौर (caurá). Compare Romani chor.

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /t͡ʃoːɾ/

### Noun

चोर • (cor) m (Urdu spelling چور)
* thief, robber, burglar
    मन का चोर ― man kā cor ― lover (literally, “thief of the heart”)
* (figuratively, derogatory) a dishonest merchant; a stinge

#### Related terms

* काला चोर (kālā cor)
* चुराना (curānā)
* चोरी (corī)
* चोरी करना (corī karnā)

### References

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “चोर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cōrá$^1$”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

## Konkani
### Etymology

Inherited from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀘𑁄𑀭 (cora), from Sanskrit चोर (corá), चौर (caurá).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡soːɾ/

### Noun

चोर • (ċōr) m (Latin script chor, Kannada script ಚೋರ)
* thief

#### Declension
### References

* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cōrá$^1$”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

## Marathi
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘓𑘻𑘨 (cora), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀘𑁄𑀭 (cora), from Sanskrit चोर (corá), चौर (caurá). Cognate with Bengali চোর (cōr), Gujarati ચોર (cor), Konkani चोर (cor), Nepali चोर (cor).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡soɾ/

### Noun

चोर • (cor) m
* thief
    तोच चोर आहे.toc cor āhe.He is the thief.

#### Related terms

* चोरणे (corṇe)
* चोरी (corī)

### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “चोर”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “चोर”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
* दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “चोर”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cōrá$^1$”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

## Nepali
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [t͡sor]
* Phonetic Devanagari: चोर्

#### Noun

चोर • (cor) m
* thief, robber, burglar

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [t͡sor]
* Phonetic Devanagari: चोर्

#### Adjective

चोर • (cor)
* unethical, dishonest, sly

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [t͡soɾʌ]
* Phonetic Devanagari: cोर्a

#### Verb

चोर • (cora)
* mid-respectful second-person singular imperative of चोर्नु (cornu)

##### Related terms

* चोर्नु (cornu)

### References

* “चोर”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎, Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
* Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “चोर”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar

## Old Gujarati
### Etymology

Either borrowed from Sanskrit चोर (cora) or from through Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀘𑁄𑀭 (cora). Cognate with Old Marathi 𑘓𑘻𑘨 (cora).

### Noun

चोर • (cora) m
* thief

#### Descendants

* Gujarati: ચોર (cor)

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* cora (Latin script)
* 𑀘𑁄𑀭 (Brahmi script)
* চোর (Bengali script)
* චොර (Sinhalese script)
* စောရ or ၸေႃရ (Burmese script)
* โจร or โจระ (Thai script)
* ᨧᩮᩣᩁ (Tai Tham script)
* ໂຈຣ or ໂຈຣະ (Lao script)
* ចោរ (Khmer script)
* 𑄌𑄮𑄢 (Chakma script)

### Noun

चोर m
* Devanagari script form of cora

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* চোৰ (Assamese script)
* ᬘᭀᬭ (Balinese script)
* চোর (Bengali script)
* 𑰓𑰺𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀘𑁄𑀭 (Brahmi script)
* စောရ (Burmese script)
* ચોર (Gujarati script)
* ਚੋਰ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌚𑍋𑌰 (Grantha script)
* ꦕꦺꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
* 𑂒𑂷𑂩 (Kaithi script)
* ಚೋರ (Kannada script)
* ចោរ (Khmer script)
* ໂຈຣ (Lao script)
* ചോര (Malayalam script)
* ᢜᠣᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘓𑘻𑘨 (Modi script)
* ᢋᠣᠸᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦳𑧜𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐔𑑀𑐬 (Newa script)
* ଚୋର (Odia script)
* ꢗꣂꢬ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆖𑆾𑆫 (Sharada script)
* 𑖓𑖺𑖨 (Siddham script)
* චොර (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩡𑩕𑩼 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚏𑚴𑚤 (Takri script)
* சோர (Tamil script)
* చోర (Telugu script)
* โจร (Thai script)
* ཙོ་ར (Tibetan script)
* 𑒔𑒼𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨣𑨆𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Probably borrowed from either Dravidian or Austroasiatic. The Sanskrit root चुर् (cur, “to steal, rob”) likely derives from this word, rather than the other way around.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /t͡ɕɐw.ɾɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈt͡ɕoː.ɾɐ/

### Noun

चोर • (corá) stem, m
* thief, robber
* plagiarist

#### Related terms

* चौर (caura, “thief”)
* चोरी (corī, “female thief”)
* चित्तचोर (cittacora, “a metaphorical epithet of the deity Krishna”, literally “thief of the mind”)

#### Descendants

* Magadhi Prakrit:
** Assamese: চোৰ (sür)
** Bengali: চোর (cōr)
** Chakma: 𑄌𑄪𑄢𑄴 (cur)
** Rohingya: sur
* Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀘𑁄𑀭 (cora) (see there for further descendants)
* Paisaci Prakrit:
** Punjabi: ਚੋਰ (cor)
* Pali: cora
* Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀘𑁄𑀭 (cora) (see there for further descendants)
* → Kannada: ಚೋರ (cōra)
* → Khmer: ចោរ (cao)
* → Old Javanese: cora, corah
** > Javanese: ꦕꦺꦴꦫ (cora) (inherited)
* ⇒ Telugu: చోరుడు (cōruḍu)
* → Thai: โจร (joon)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “चोर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 400/3.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 552
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 401
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cōrá$^1$”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press