kurwa
Hausa
Polish
Alternative forms
- (archaic, dialectal) kurew
- (colloquial, slang) qrwa
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *kury, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂ros (“loved”), from *keh₂-. Cognate with Latin cārus, Latvian kārs. See also Czech kurva.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkur.va/
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Noun
kurwa f (diminutive kurewka, augmentative kurwisko)
- (vulgar) prostitute
- (offensive, vulgar) whore, slut, bitch; term of abuse for women
- Jan Kochanowski, Na matematyka
- Ziemię pomierzył i głębokie morze, / Wie, jako wstają i zachodzą zorze, / Wiatrom rozumie, praktykuje komu — / A sam nie widzi, że ma kurwę w domu.
- He measured Earth and deep seas, / He knows how dawns rise and go down, / He understand winds,he gives practics, / But he do not sees he has whore in home.
- Jan Kochanowski, Na matematyka
Declension
Synonyms
- (prostitute): dziwka, kurtyzana, nierządnica, prostytutka, tirówka
- (slut): cichodajka, dupodajka, jawnogrzesznica, ladacznica, lafirynda, latawica, ruchawica, suka, szmata, wszetecznica, wywłoka, zdzira
Derived terms
Interjection
kurwa
- (vulgar) fuck!, shit!, damn!
- Kurwa, mówiłem, żebyś tego nie ruszał!
- Fuck! I told you not to touch this!
- (vulgar) used as intensifier
- Do każdej pierdółki potrzebna jest zgoda kierownika? To już jest, kurwa, jakiś absurd.
- You need the manager's approval even for the most trivial shit? That's just fucking absurd.
- (vulgar) used as filler
- Tomasz, kurwa, zamknij kibel!
- Tomasz fucking close the toilet!
Usage notes
- In many cases it is used to spontaneously express many emotions, such as happiness, astonishment, discomfort, anger or pain.
- Random insertion of kurwa as fillers into sentences is associated with the lower social classes.
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