Chor: 2 definitions

Introduction:

Chor means something in Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Ambiguity: Although Chor has separate glossary definitions below, it also represents an alternative spelling of the word Cora.

Languages of India and abroad

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Chor in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) a thief; pilferer; burglar; -[karma] stealing; theft; -[khidaki] a small secret exit; -[gadha] a hidden pit; -[gali] a secret lane, back lane; -[cakara] a thief or a swindler; -[daravaja/dvara] a trap-door; secret door-way; back door; -[bajara] black-market; -[bajariya] black-marketeer; ~[bajari] black-marketing; -[mahala] a back-stairs lodge; -[rasta] a back-stairs pathway; -[sidhi] back stairs; —[ka dila aya] a thief has no guts; —[ki dadhi mem tinaka] a guilty conscience cannot shed off its alarmed stance; —[ke ghara chichora] one thief robs another; —[cora ko pahacanata hai] a thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf; —[ka sathi girahakata] a thief will have another for company, birds of the same feather flock together; -[cora mausere bhai] dogs don't eat dogs, there is honour among thieves; —[cori se jaye para hera-pheri se na jaye] a snake must still hiss, even if he does not bite; —[se kaho cori kara aura sahu se kaho jagata raha] to run with the hare and hunt with the hounds, to play a double game..—chor (चोर) is alternatively transliterated as Cora.

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Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Chor is another spelling for चोर [cora].—n. a thief; a pilferer; a smuggler; adj. 1. secret; hidden; 2. dishonest; deceptive; treacherous; 3. stealing; 4. illegal; black; 5. sealing the heart or mind;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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