चोरी

See also: चोर, चार, चारु, चर्, चौर, चुर्, and चरा

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀘𑁄𑀭𑀻 (corī), from Sanskrit चौरिका (caurikā). See चुर् (cur).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃoː.ɾiː/

Noun

चोरी • (corī) f (Urdu spelling چوری)

1. theft

Declension

Declension of चोरी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चोरी corī	चोरियाँ coriyā̃
oblique	चोरी corī	चोरियों coriyõ
vocative	चोरी corī	चोरियो coriyo

Derived terms

• चोरी-चोरी (corī-corī, “stealthily”)
• चोरी-छिपे (corī-chipe, “stealthily”)

Related terms

• चोर (cor)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “caurikā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “चोरी”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “चोरी”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
• “चोरी”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “चोरी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “चोरी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “चोरी”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Marathi

Noun

चोरी • (corī) f

1. theft