As a Hindi name
चुराना
to steal
चुरा
Śabdasāgara also records: चारी
Cited formation "चुरा" is चुर + -आ: चुर means "An imitative sound", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "चुरा" is चुरना + -आ: चुरना means "To be stolen ( = ćorī honā)", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "चुरा" is चुर + -आ: चुर means "An imitative sound", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit चोरयति — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Sanskrit चोरयति (corayati).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
theft g. chattrādi.
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Dictionary citations
curā f. theft g. chattrādi.
curā Theft.
curā f. (-rā) Theft, stealing. E. cura to steal, affix ka, fem. affix ṭāp.
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