Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“thief”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“thief”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
चोरी · noun · feminine
छिपकर किसी दूसरे की वस्तु लेने का काम । चुराने की क्रिया · चुराने का भाव — Śabdasāgara
चोरी · noun · feminine
छोटा चबूतरा । बेदी · किसी देवी, देवता सती आदि के लिये बनाया हुआ छोटा चौरा या चबूतरा जिसके ऊपर एक छोटा सा स्तुप जैसा बना होता है । इस स्तूप में मूर्ति या प्रतिक की पूजा की जाती है । कहीं कहीं स्तूप में एक ओर तिकोना या गोल गड़्ढा होता है जिसमें दिया रखते हैं । दे॰ 'चौरा'—२ । † · मूल स्थान । आदि स्थान — Śabdasāgara
चोरी · ćorī · s.f.
Thieving, theft, robbery; trickery; stealth; hiding, concealment — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 451
चोरी · feminine
theft
Cited formation "चोरी" is चोर + -ई: चोर means "thief, robber, burglar", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "चोरी" is चोरना + -ई: चोरना means "synonym of चुराना (curānā, “to steal”)", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit चौरिका — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀘𑁄𑀭𑀻 (corī), from Sanskrit चौरिका (caurikā). See चुर् (cur).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
caurikā f. ‘a female thief’, see taila-
(g. manojñādi) = ˚rakarman, Mn. i, 82; Pañcat. v, 7, 1
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
theft
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Dictionary citations
corī (ī), f. a female thief. g. pacādi (g. gaurādi, Gaṇar. 46)
theft, Gal.
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