# चोरयति
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* চোৰয়তি (Assamese script)
* ᬘᭀᬭᬬᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
* চোরয়তি (Bengali script)
* 𑰓𑰺𑰨𑰧𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀘𑁄𑀭𑀬𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* စောရယတိ (Burmese script)
* ચોરયતિ (Gujarati script)
* ਚੋਰਯਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌚𑍋𑌰𑌯𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
* ꦕꦺꦴꦫꦪꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
* 𑂒𑂷𑂩𑂨𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
* ಚೋರಯತಿ (Kannada script)
* ចោរយតិ (Khmer script)
* ໂຈຣຍຕິ (Lao script)
* ചോരയതി (Malayalam script)
* ᢜᠣᡵᠠᠶᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘓𑘻𑘨𑘧𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
* ᢋᠣᠸᠠᠷᠠᠶ᠋ᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦳𑧜𑧈𑧇𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐔𑑀𑐬𑐫𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
* ଚୋରଯତି (Odia script)
* ꢗꣂꢬꢫꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆖𑆾𑆫𑆪𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
* 𑖓𑖺𑖨𑖧𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
* චොරයති (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩡𑩕𑩼𑩻𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚏𑚴𑚤𑚣𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
* சோரயதி (Tamil script)
* చోరయతి (Telugu script)
* โจรยติ (Thai script)
* ཙོ་ར་ཡ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒔𑒼𑒩𑒨𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨣𑨆𑨫𑨪𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

चोर (cora, “thief”) +‎ -यति (-yati)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /t͡ɕɐw.ɾɐ.jɐ.ti/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /t͡ɕoː.ɾɐ.jɐ.t̪i/

### Verb

चोरयति • (corayati) third-singular indicative (class 10, type P, present, root चुर्)
* to steal, rob, pilfer
** c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata 13.96.14:तमाहुरार्ता ऋषयो महर्षिं । न ते वयं पुष्करं चोरयामः ।tamāhurārtā ṛṣayo maharṣiṃ. na te vayaṃ puṣkaraṃ corayāmaḥ.The rishis, disturbed, said to the great sage: "We did not steal your lotus flower."
** c. 200 BCE – 200 CE, Manusmṛti 8.333:यस्त्वेतान्युपकॢप्तानि द्रव्याणि स्तेनयेन्नरः । तमाद्यं दण्डयेद्राजा यश्चाग्निं चोरयेद् गृहात् ॥yastvetānyupakḷptāni dravyāṇi stenayennaraḥ. tamādyaṃ daṇḍayedrājā yaścāgniṃ corayed gṛhāt.To the man who would steal these products, Let the king dispense the first (degree) of punishment; the same to the one who would steal a fire from a house.

#### Conjugation

Forms of Sanskrit verbs are numerous and complicated. The following conjugation shows only a subset of all forms and should be treated as a guide.

#### Descendants

* Pali: cōrēti
* Prakrit: 𑀘𑁄𑀭𑀺𑀅 (coria)
** Magadhi Prakrit:
*** Bengali: চোরা (cōra), চোরান (cōran)
** Gurjara Apabhramsa:
*** Gujarati: ચોરવું (corvũ)
** Khasa Prakrit:
*** Nepali: चोर्नु (cornu), चोराउनु (corāunu)
** Maharastri Prakrit:
*** Konkani: चोर्चे (tsorce)
*** Old Marathi: 𑘓𑘻𑘨𑘜𑘹 (coraṇe)
**** Marathi: चोरणे (ċorṇe)
*** Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
**** Hindustani: cornā
    Hindi: चोरना
    Urdu: چورْنا
**** Romani: ćorel
***** → Czech: čórovat, čórnout
***** → Romanian: ciordi

### Further reading

* “चुर्, चोरयति, ॰ते” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 174, column 2.
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “चोरयति”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 95
* Monier Williams (1899) “चुर्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 400, column 2.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “cora-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 552
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “corayati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press