चोरयति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

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) +‎ -यति (-yati)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐw.ɾɐ.jɐ.ti/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ɕoː.ɾɐ.jɐ.t̪i/

Verb

चोरयति • (corayati) third-singular present indicative (root चुर्, class 10, type P, present)

1. 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

Present: चोरयति (coráyati), चोरयते (coráyate)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	चोरयति coráyati	चोरयतः coráyataḥ	चोरयन्ति coráyanti	चोरयते coráyate	चोरयेते coráyete	चोरयन्ते coráyante
Second	चोरयसि coráyasi	चोरयथः coráyathaḥ	चोरयथ coráyatha	चोरयसे coráyase	चोरयेथे coráyethe	चोरयध्वे coráyadhve
First	चोरयामि coráyāmi	चोरयावः coráyāvaḥ	चोरयामः coráyāmaḥ	चोरये coráye	चोरयावहे coráyāvahe	चोरयामहे coráyāmahe
Imperative
Third	चोरयतु coráyatu	चोरयताम् coráyatām	चोरयन्तु coráyantu	चोरयताम् coráyatām	चोरयेताम् coráyetām	चोरयन्ताम् coráyantām
Second	चोरय coráya	चोरयतम् coráyatam	चोरयत coráyata	चोरयस्व coráyasva	चोरयेथाम् coráyethām	चोरयध्वम् coráyadhvam
First	चोरयाणि coráyāṇi	चोरयाव coráyāva	चोरयाम coráyāma	चोरयै coráyai	चोरयावहै coráyāvahai	चोरयामहै coráyāmahai
Optative/Potential
Third	चोरयेत् coráyet	चोरयेताम् coráyetām	चोरयेयुः coráyeyuḥ	चोरयेत coráyeta	चोरयेयाताम् coráyeyātām	चोरयेरन् coráyeran
Second	चोरयेः coráyeḥ	चोरयेतम् coráyetam	चोरयेत coráyeta	चोरयेथाः coráyethāḥ	चोरयेयाथाम् coráyeyāthām	चोरयेध्वम् coráyedhvam
First	चोरयेयम् coráyeyam	चोरयेव coráyeva	चोरयेम coráyema	चोरयेय coráyeya	चोरयेवहि coráyevahi	चोरयेमहि coráyemahi
Participles
	चोरयत् coráyat			चोरयमाण / चोरयाण¹ coráyamāṇa / corayāṇa¹
Notes	¹Later Sanskrit

Imperfect: अचोरयत् (ácorayat), अचोरयत (ácorayata)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	अचोरयत् ácorayat	अचोरयताम् ácorayatām	अचोरयन् ácorayan	अचोरयत ácorayata	अचोरयेताम् ácorayetām	अचोरयन्त ácorayanta
Second	अचोरयः ácorayaḥ	अचोरयतम् ácorayatam	अचोरयत ácorayata	अचोरयथाः ácorayathāḥ	अचोरयेथाम् ácorayethām	अचोरयध्वम् ácorayadhvam
First	अचोरयम् ácorayam	अचोरयाव ácorayāva	अचोरयाम ácorayāma	अचोरये ácoraye	अचोरयावहि ácorayāvahi	अचोरयामहि ácorayāmahi

Descendants

• Prakrit:
  • Gurjar Apabhramsa:
    • Gujarati: ચોરવું (corvũ)
  • Konkani: चोर्चे (tsorce)
  • Old Marathi: 𑘓𑘻𑘨𑘜𑘹 (coraṇe)
    • Marathi: चोरणे (ċorṇe)
  • Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
    • Hindustani:

      Hindi: चोरना (cornā)

    • 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 095
• Monier Williams (1899) “चुर्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 400, column 2.