ćor

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "cor"

Romani

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀘𑁄𑀭 (cora), from Sanskrit चोर (cōrá). Cognate with Bengali চোর (cōr), Gujarati ચોર (cor), Hindustani چور / चोर (cor), Konkani चोर (cor), Marathi चोर (cor), and Nepali चोर (cor).

Noun

ćor m (nominative plural ćora)

  1. (International Standard) thief

Descendants

  • Caló: choro
  • Traveller Norwegian: kjår
  • → Hungarian: csór

References

  • Yaron Matras (2002) “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction‎, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 39
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cōrá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 269

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كور (kör), from Persian کور (kur).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ćȍr (Cyrillic spelling ћо̏р) (indeclinable)

  1. blind (in both eyes)
  2. blind in one eye

Further reading

  • “ćor”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
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