Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kùɽ.wáː/Category:Hausa terms with IPA pronunciation#KURWA
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [kʷʊ̀ɽ.wáː]Category:Hausa terms with IPA pronunciation#KURWA

Noun

kùrwā f (possessed form kùrwar̃)Category:Hausa lemmas#KURWACategory:Hausa nouns#KURWACategory:Hausa entries with incorrect language header#KURWACategory:Hausa feminine nouns#KURWACategory:Pages with entries#KURWACategory:Pages with 4 entries#KURWA

1. soul

Interjection

kurwaCategory:Lithuanian lemmas#KURWACategory:Lithuanian interjections#KURWACategory:Lithuanian terms spelled with W#KURWACategory:Lithuanian entries with incorrect language header#KURWACategory:Pages with entries#KURWACategory:Pages with 4 entries#KURWA

1. alternative form of kurva

Alternative forms

• kurew (archaic, dialectal)
• k*rwa, k**wa, k***a (censored)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kury.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -urvaCategory:Rhymes:Polish/urva#KURWACategory:Rhymes:Polish/urva/2 syllables#KURWA
• Syllabification: kur‧wa

Noun

kurwa f (diminutive kurewka, augmentative kurwisko, related adjective kurewski)Category:Polish lemmas#KURWACategory:Polish nouns#KURWACategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#KURWACategory:Polish feminine nouns#KURWACategory:Pages with entries#KURWACategory:Pages with 4 entries#KURWA

1. (vulgarCategory:Polish vulgarities#KURWA) prostitute, whore

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prostytutka

2. (offensiveCategory:Polish offensive terms#KURWA, vulgarCategory:Polish vulgarities#KURWA) bitch, slut, whore; term of abuse for women

   Synonyms: cichodajka, dupodajka, jawnogrzesznica, ladacznica, lafirynda, latawica, ruchawica, suka, szmata, wszetecznica, wywłoka, zdzira

   • 16th century, 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 has measured the earth and the deep seas, / He knows how the dawn rises and fades, / He knows the winds, he gives practice, / But he does not see that he has a whore at home.

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3. (offensiveCategory:Polish offensive terms#KURWA, vulgarCategory:Polish vulgarities#KURWA) loathsome person, especially one who is unprincipled; someone who lacks integrity; gender-neutral

   Synonyms: łajdak, sprzedawczyk, nikczemnik, palant, dupek, chuj

4. (KuyaviaCategory:Kuyavian Polish#KURWA, Near MasovianCategory:Near Masovian Polish#KURWA, agricultureCategory:pl:Agriculture#KURWA) part of a field unsown from inattention or negligence

Interjection

kurwaCategory:Polish lemmas#KURWACategory:Polish interjections#KURWACategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#KURWACategory:Pages with entries#KURWACategory:Pages with 4 entries#KURWA

1. (vulgarCategory:Polish vulgarities#KURWA) fuck!, shit!, damn!

   Kurwa, mówiłem, żebyś tego nie ruszał! ― Fuck! I told you not to touch this!Category:Polish terms with usage examples#KURWA

2. (vulgarCategory:Polish vulgarities#KURWA) used as an 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.Category:Polish terms with usage examples#KURWA

3. (vulgarCategory:Polish vulgarities#KURWA) used as a filler

   Tomasz, kurwa, zamknij kibel! ― Tomasz, close the fucking toilet!Category:Polish terms with usage examples#KURWA

See also

• słowo na K

Further reading

• “kurwa”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎ (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “kurwa”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎ (in Polish)
• Władysław Matlakowski (1892), “kurwa”, in Słownik wyrazów ludowych zebranych w Czerskiem i na Kujawach (in Polish), Kraków: nakł. Akademii Umiejętności; Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego pod zarządem A. M. Kosterkiewicza, page 10

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-SlavicCategory:Upper Sorbian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic#KURWACategory:Upper Sorbian terms derived from Proto-Slavic#KURWA *kùry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuʀ.wa/Category:Upper Sorbian terms with IPA pronunciation#KURWA
• Rhymes: -uʀwaCategory:Rhymes:Upper Sorbian/uʀwa#KURWACategory:Rhymes:Upper Sorbian/uʀwa/2 syllables#KURWA
• Syllabification: kur‧wa

Noun

kurwa f (male equivalent kurwar, diminutive kurwička)Category:Upper Sorbian lemmas#KURWACategory:Upper Sorbian nouns#KURWACategory:Upper Sorbian entries with incorrect language header#KURWACategory:Upper Sorbian feminine nouns#KURWACategory:Pages with entries#KURWACategory:Pages with 4 entries#KURWA

1. whore, prostitute, bitch

References

• “kurwa” in Soblex