As a Hindi name
कोर · kor · s.m.
A flexible or movable joint (as of the fingers, &c.) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 860
कोर · kor · s.f.
Point, tip; edge, side, margin, border; hem — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 860
कोर · noun · feminine
किनारा । तट । उपकंठ · किनारा । सिरा । हाशिया · कोना । गोशा । अंतराल — Śabdasāgara
कोर · noun · feminine
चैती फसल की पहली सिंचाई · वह चबैना या और खाद्य पदार्थ जो मजदूरों या कुलियों को जलपान के लिये दिया जाता है । पनपियाव । छाक — Śabdasāgara
कोर · feminine
point; tip; side; edge
कोर
blind
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit कोटि — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“From Sanskrit कोटि (koṭi).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
koṭi f. the curved end of a bow or of claws, &c., end or top of anything, edge or point (of a sword), horns or cusps (of the moon), MBh. &c.
the highest point, eminence, excellence, Pañcat.; Ratnāv.; Sarvad.
a Hindi word of Persian origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Classical Persian کور (kōr).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a movable joint (as of the fingers, the knee, &c.)
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Dictionary citations
kora m. (√ kur) a movable joint (as of the fingers, the knee, &c.), Suśr.
amphiarthrosis, W.
a bud, W.
kora m. (-raḥ) 1 Union with little or no motion, as that of the fingers with one another, amphiarthrosis. 2 A bud. E. kura sound, ghañ aff.
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