Progress Of Indic Languages Vs English

[Bharatvarsh]

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Bharatvarsh, but a thug and a thief are different. For thief, Sanskrit user 'chauraH' which lives in Hindi as 'chor'. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
True there is chora in sanskrit heavy Telugu for thief, I checked the skt dictionary, it shows:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->sthagana (p. 363) [ sthag-ana ] n. concealment; -ayita vya, fp. to be concealed; -ikâ, f. kind of bandage; betel-box.

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