kor

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kor"

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Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Korean.

Symbol

kor

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Korean.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Korean terms

English

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew כֹּר (kōr).

Noun

kor (plural kors)

1. (historical units of measure) Alternative form of cor: a former Hebrew and Phoenician unit of volume.
   • 2002, Don Victor Bovey, In Touch With Eternity, page 161:

     Solomon responded by committing 20,000 kors of pure oil and 20,000 kors of wheat in annual payments. A kor of oil is an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid of about 58 gallons. A kor of wheat is equal to 6.25 bushels.

See also

• kor kor

Anagrams

• OKR, ROK, ork, rok

Ao

Etymology

From Assamese ঘোঁৰা (ghü̃ra).

Noun

kor

1. (Chungli) horse

Further reading

• Bruhn, Daniel (2010), “Unearthing the Roots: Ao and Proto-Tibeto-Burman — The Rimes”, in UC Berkeley Phonology Lab Annual Report‎^[2], volume 6, number 6, University of California, Berkeley, →DOI, page 242
• Gowda, K. S. Gurubasave (1985), Ao-English-Hindi Dictionary, Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, page 27
• Clark, Mary M. (1893), Ao Naga grammar with illustrative phrases and vocabulary, Molung: Assam Secretariat Printing Office, page 129

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کور (kōr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [cor], [cor̥], [t͡ʃor̥]

• Audio:

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Adjective

kor (comparative daha kor, superlative ən kor)

1. blind

See also

• kar (“deaf”)

Cimbrian

Preposition

kor

1. alternative form of ka

   Ich ghèa inn kor Baan. ― I'm going to Roana.

Further reading

• “kor” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974), Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Cornish

Etymology 1

From Old Cornish coir, from Proto-Brythonic *kuɨr, from Latin cēra. Cognate with Breton koar and Welsh cwyr.

Noun

kor (collective, singulative koren f)

1. wax

Derived terms

• kora (“wax”, verb)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

kor m (plural korow)

1. manner, style

Mutation

Mutation of kor

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
kor	gor	hor	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Crimean Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm. Stearns argues that the spelling is a misprint for unattested *korn.

Noun

kor

1. wheat
   • 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:

     Kor. Triticum.

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse kórr, from Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koːr/, [kʰoɐ̯ˀ]
• Rhymes: -oːɐ̯

Noun

kor n (singular definite koret, plural indefinite kor)

1. choir (singing group)
2. chancel, choir (part of church housing the altar)

Declension

Declension of kor

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kor	koret	kor	korene
genitive	kors	korets	kors	korenes

Further reading

• “kor” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

From earlier korre, assimilated from earlier korde with metathesis r < krode, from Middle Dutch crode (“wheelbarrow”), from the verb cruden (“to push forward, slide”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔr/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: kor
• Rhymes: -ɔr

Noun

kor f (plural korren, diminutive korretje n)

1. a trawl, a dragnet used for trawling over or close to the seabed

Derived terms

• boomkor
• korren
• pulskor

German

Verb

kor

1. first/third-person singular preterite of kiesen
2. first/third-person singular preterite of küren

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from a Turkic language before the times of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin (at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “examples of Turkic cognates?”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkor]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -or

Noun

kor (plural korok)

1. (often with a possessive suffix) age (a certain period of time in the life of an individual)

   öregkor ― old age

   Hatéves koromban kezdtem zenét tanulni. ― I started music lessons at age six.

2. age (a great period in the history of the Earth)

   bronzkor ― Bronze Age

3. (geology) epoch

   eocén kor ― Eocene epoch

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	kor	korok
accusative	kort	korokat
dative	kornak	koroknak
instrumental	korral	korokkal
causal-final	korért	korokért
translative	korrá	korokká
terminative	korig	korokig
essive-formal	korként	korokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	korban	korokban
superessive	koron	korokon
adessive	kornál	koroknál
illative	korba	korokba
sublative	korra	korokra
allative	korhoz	korokhoz
elative	korból	korokból
delative	korról	korokról
ablative	kortól	koroktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	koré	koroké
non-attributive possessive – plural	koréi	korokéi

Possessive forms of kor

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	korom	koraim
2nd person sing.	korod	koraid
3rd person sing.	kora	korai
1st person plural	korunk	koraink
2nd person plural	korotok	koraitok
3rd person plural	koruk	koraik

The multiple-possession forms are practically nonexistent; the form korai coincides with another lexeme.

Derived terms

• kori
• koronként
• koros
• korszerű
• kortalan
• korú

Compound words with this term at the beginning

• korcsoport
• korfa
• korhatár
• korhű
• korkedvezmény
• korkülönbség
• kormeghatározás
• korosztály
• korösszetétel
• korpótlék
• korrajz
• korszak
• korszellem
• kortárs
• kortörténet

Compound words with this term at the end

• aggkor
• aranykor
• bronzkor
• csecsemőkor
• diákkor
• életkor
• fénykor
• férfikor
• gyermekkor
• hőskor
• ifjúkor
• iskoláskor
• jelenkor
• kamaszkor
• középkor
• leánykor
• nyugdíjaskor
• ókor
• öregkor
• őskor
• reformkor
• serdülőkor
• utókor
• újkor
• vaskor
• virágkor

Expressions

• a korral jár
• benne van a korban

Further reading

• kor in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch koor (“choir”), from Middle Dutch côor, from Latin chorus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔr/
• Hyphenation: kor

Noun

kor (plural kor-kor)

1. (music) choir, vocal ensemble

   Synonym: paduan suara

Usage notes

The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian. The Standard Malay usage can be seen in Malay kor.

Alternative forms

• koir [kuayer] (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “kor”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Kamkata-viri

Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *kārrã, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kárnas.

Noun

kor m (Western, Northeastern, Southeastern)

1. ear

Kamta

Verb

kor

1. do

Conjugation

impersonal forms of kor

Stem	kor
Gerund	kor
Conjugative	koria
Infinitive	koirbar
Agentive	korota
Converb	koirte
Progressive participle	koirte koirte
Reason	korat
Conditional participle	koirle
Perfect participle	koria
Habitual participle	koria koria

Conjugation forms of kor

Person	First person		Second person			Third person
			informal		formal	informal		formal
	singular	plural	singular	plural		singular	plural
	muĩ	amra	tuĩ	tömra		oĩ	umra
Present
Imperfective	koroṅ	kori	koriṣ	koren		kore
Continuous	koria asoṅ	koria asi	koria asiṣ	koria asen		koria ase
Perfective	koirsoṅ	korsi	koirsiṣ	koirsen		koirse
Past
Recent	koirluṅ	koirloṅ	koirlu	koirlen		koiril ~ koirilek
Distant & Habitual	koirsiluṅ	koirsiloṅ	koirsilu	koirsilen		koirsile ~ koirsilek
Continuous	koria asluṅ	koria aisloṅ	koria aslu	kori aislen		koria asil ~ koria aislek
Future
Indicative	korim	kormö	korbu	korben		korbe
Continuous	koria thakim	koria thakmö	koria thakpu	koria thaikpen		koria thaikpe
Others
Imperative	—		korek	koren		koruk

Lun Bawang

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kor/

Noun

kor

1. chorus

References

• Ricky Ganang et al. (2008), “kor”, in Kemaloh Lundayeh–English Dictionary, Borneo Research Council, →OCLC, page 178

Malay

Alternative forms

• korps (Indonesia)

Etymology

Borrowed from English corps, from French corps d'armée (literally “army body”), from Latin corpus (“body”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkor/ [ˈkor]
• Hyphenation: kor

Noun

kor (Jawi spelling کور, plural kor-kor or kor²)

1. corps
   1. (military) A battlefield formation composed of two or more divisions.

      Kor Risik Diraja ― Royal Intelligence Corps

   2. An organised group of people united by a common purpose.

      Kor Keamanan ― Peace Corps

Usage notes

The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian. The Indonesian usage can be seen in Indonesian kor.

Derived terms

• kor diplomatik (“diplomatic corps”)
• kor marin (“marine corps”)
• kor muzik (“ military band; musical corps”)

Further reading

• "kor" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Matal

Verb

kor

1. to have, gain

   Mana akəs vok à dza, uwana akor gudəŋ à vok gesina, ŋgaha masla adàz gəl aŋha ala la makəɗ gəl à vok aŋha ma? (Mata 16:26)

   For what is a person benefited if he gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself? (Matthew 16:26)

Derived terms

• makoray

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Cognate with Armenian կույր (kuyr, “blind”) from Old Armenian կոյր (koyr, “blind”). Compare also Persian کور (kur), from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kwl), 𐫐𐫇𐫡 (kwr), 𐫞𐫇𐫡 (qwr /⁠kōr⁠/, “blind”), Sogdian [script needed] (kwr /⁠kōr⁠/).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koːɾ/
• Rhymes: -oːɾ

Adjective

kor (comparative kortir, superlative herî kor, Arabic spelling کۆر)

1. blind

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003), “kor”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎^[3], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 332

Norwegian Bokmål

A choir.

Etymology 1

From Old Norse kórr, from Latin chorus (“chorus”), from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós, “dance ring, chorus, choir, band of singers and dancers”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“enclose”).

Noun

kor n (definite singular koret, indefinite plural kor, definite plural kora or korene)

1. choir (singing group)
2. chancel, choir (part of church housing the altar)

Derived terms

• kordirigent
• korsanger

Etymology 2

Adverb

kor

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by hvor

References

• “kor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hvar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kurː/, /kuːr/, (some dialects when unstressed) /ku/
• IPA^(key): /kurː/, /kuːʁ/ (in dialects with guttural r)

Adverb

kor

1. how

   Kor mykje skal du ha?

   How much do you want?

2. where

   Synonym: kvar

   Kor er alle saman?

   Where is everybody?

Etymology 2

Kor

From Old Norse kórr, from Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós, “company of dancers or singers”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuːr/

Noun

kor n (definite singular koret, indefinite plural kor, definite plural kora)

1. choir (singing group)
2. chancel, choir (part of church housing the altar)

Derived terms

• kordirigent

References

• “kor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Russenorsk

Etymology

From Norwegian Nynorsk kor (“how, where”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kurʲ/

Adverb

kor

1. where

   Kor ju stannom på gammel ras?

   Where did you stay at yesterday?

2. how

   Kor ju fare leve?

   How is it going with your father?

3. why

   Kor ju ikke paa moja mokka kladi?

   Why do you not bring me the flour?

See also

• kak
• kodi
• куры фра (kury fra)

References

• Ingvild Broch; Ernst H. Jahr (1984), Russenorsk: Et pidginspråk i Norge [Russenorsk: A pidgin language in Norway], 2 edition, Oslo: Novus Forlag

Samogitian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *kur, from the same Proto-Indo-European stem *kʷu-, *kʷo- as the interrogative pronoun kas. Compare Latgalian kur, Latvian kur, Lithuanian kur.

Adverb

kor

1. (interrogative) where?
2. (relative) where

See also

• bikor

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuːr/

• Audio (Gotland):

  (file)

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

kor

1. indefinite plural of ko

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish kor, from Old Norse kórr, from Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós).

Noun

kor n

2. chancel, choir (space around the altar in a church)
   • 1891, Selma Lagerlöf, “Prästen [The Priest]”, in Gösta Berlings saga [The Saga of Gösta Berling] I‎^[4], Frithiof Hellbergs förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, archived from the original on 22 September 2025:

     Han satt i koret med guldkorset på bröstet, […] och präster från grannförsamlingarna [satt] [runt] omkring honom.

     He sat in the choir with the gold cross on his chest, and the priests of the neighboring parishes sat around him.

   • 1994, Per Beskow, “Altarets avskildhet [The Separation of the Altar]”, in Signum‎^[5], number 6, archived from the original on 22 September 2025:

     [Martin Bucer sa] att det var okristligt att skilja koret från långhuset med ett [kor]skrank.

     Martin Bucer said that it was unchristian to separate the chancel from the nave with a rood screen.

4. (archaic or higher register (in compounds)) a choir (singing group)

   Synonym: kör

Declension

Declension of kor

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kor	kors
	definite	koret	korets
plural	indefinite	kor	kors
	definite	koren	korens

Related terms

(church architecture):

• koravslutning
• korbåge
• korbänk
• korfönster
• korgosse
• korherre
• korkåpa
• koromgång
• korrundel
• korskrank
• korstol

(singing group):

• koral
• koranförare
• kordans
• korförare
• korist
• korledare
• kormästare
• korsång
• korsångare
• korsångerska
• korum
• korus

References

• kor in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• kor in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• ork

Talysh

Etymology

Cognate with Persian کر (kar).

Adjective

kor

1. deaf

Tocharian A

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कोटि (koṭi), whence also Tocharian B koṭ.

Noun

kor

1. ten million

Tocharian B

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱówH- (“hollow”); compare Sanskrit शून्य (śūnya, “zero”), Latin cavus (“hollow”), Ancient Greek κύαρ (kúar, “eye of a needle, earhole”).

Noun

kor

1. (anatomy) throat

Etymology 2

Noun

kor ?

1. alternative form of koṭ (“ten million”)

References

• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “[śūcī-] - śū́ra-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[6] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 650

Turkish

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish قور (qor, “glowing coal, ember”), from Proto-Turkic *kōr (“glowing coals”). Akin to köz (“ember”).

Noun

kor (definite accusative koru, plural korlar)

1. ember
   • 1997 November 5, “Maazallah”, in Maazallah‎^[7], performed by Bülent Ersoy:

     o yakıcı bakışlar / kor gibi yanışlar

     those burning gazes / burnings like ember

Declension

Declension of kor

singular plural nominative kor korlar definite accusative koru korları dative kora korlara locative korda korlarda ablative kordan korlardan genitive korun korların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular korum korlarım 2nd singular korun korların 3rd singular koru korları 1st plural korumuz korlarımız 2nd plural korunuz korlarınız 3rd plural korları korları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular korumu korlarımı 2nd singular korunu korlarını 3rd singular korunu korlarını 1st plural korumuzu korlarımızı 2nd plural korunuzu korlarınızı 3rd plural korlarını korlarını dative singular plural 1st singular koruma korlarıma 2nd singular koruna korlarına 3rd singular koruna korlarına 1st plural korumuza korlarımıza 2nd plural korunuza korlarınıza 3rd plural korlarına korlarına locative singular plural 1st singular korumda korlarımda 2nd singular korunda korlarında 3rd singular korunda korlarında 1st plural korumuzda korlarımızda 2nd plural korunuzda korlarınızda 3rd plural korlarında korlarında ablative singular plural 1st singular korumdan korlarımdan 2nd singular korundan korlarından 3rd singular korundan korlarından 1st plural korumuzdan korlarımızdan 2nd plural korunuzdan korlarınızdan 3rd plural korlarından korlarından genitive singular plural 1st singular korumun korlarımın 2nd singular korunun korlarının 3rd singular korunun korlarının 1st plural korumuzun korlarımızın 2nd plural korunuzun korlarınızın 3rd plural korlarının korlarının

Adjective

kor

1. (figurative, by extension) red
   • 2014 September 24, Görkem Gündüz, “Yeter Ki Susma [Just Don't Be Quiet]”, in Uçurumlar Arasında [Between Cliffs]‎^[8], performed by Asena Özçetin:

     Sen dedin: “Tüm öfkenle çık karşıma” / “Bedenimde kor ateşler yak”

     You said, “Confront me with all the anger of yours” / “Set red fires on my body”

See also

• cüruf
• köz

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *kur (“rank, stage, row”). Related to now archaic kur (“rank, degree, limit”).

Noun

kor (definite accusative koru, plural korlar)

1. (dialectal) order, row, sequence
2. (dialectal) line, strip, grid

Alternative forms

• gor (dialectal)

Volapük

Noun

kor (genitive kora, plural kors)

1. choir

Declension

Declension of kor

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	kor	kors
Genitive	kora	koras
Dative	kore	kores
Accusative	kori	koris
Predicative1	koru	korus
Vocative	o kor	o kors

1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.

Zaghawa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koɾ/

Adverb

kor

1. very

References

• Beria-English English-Beria Dictionary [provisional] ADESK, Iriba, Kobe Department, Chad

Zazaki

Etymology

Related to Persian کور (kur).

Adjective

kor

1. blind