guar
See also: Guar.
English edit
Etymology edit
From Hindi ग्वार (gvār), from Sanskrit गोपाली (gopālī, “kind of cucumber”), shortened from गोपालकर्कटी (gopālakarkaṭī, “cowherder's cucumber”), from गोपाल (gopāla, “cowherd”) + कर्कटी (karkaṭī, “cucumber”) (see Latin cucumis and cucurbita).
Noun edit
guar (plural guars)
- An annual legume (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba), used as a food for cattle and humans.
Synonyms edit
- (Cyanopsis tetragonoloba): cluster bean, guar bean
Related terms edit
Translations edit
annual legume
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Further reading edit
Anagrams edit
Charrua edit
Noun edit
guar
References edit
- El último charrúa: de Salsipuedes a la actualidad (1996)
- Idioma español y habla criolla: Charrúas y vilelas (1968)
- Čestmír Loukotka, Johannes Wilbert (editor), Classification of South American Indian Languages (1968, Los Angeles: Latin American Studies Center, University of California), page(s) 62
Malay edit
Noun edit
guar (plural guar-guar, informal 1st possessive guarku, 2nd possessive guarmu, 3rd possessive guarnya)
- mound, hillock
- Synonym: anak bukit
References edit
- “guar” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Hindi ग्वार (gvār), from Sanskrit गोपाली (gopālī, “kind of cucumber”), shortened from गोपालकर्कटी (gopālakarkaṭī, “cowherder's cucumber”), from गोपाल (gopāla, “cowherd”) + कर्कटी (karkaṭī, “cucumber”) (see Latin cucumis and cucurbita).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
guar m (plural guares)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “guar”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.