गौर

HindiEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from Sanskrit गौर (gaura).

AdjectiveEdit

गौर (gaur) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling گور‎)

  1. white
  2. pale
  3. fair

Etymology 2Edit

Inherited from Sanskrit गौरी (gaurī).

Proper nounEdit

गौर (gaurf (Urdu spelling گور‎)

  1. Hindu goddess Parvati
DeclensionEdit
SynonymsEdit

Etymology 3Edit

From Arabic غَوْر(ḡawr, bottom, depth, (fig.) deepness in thought).

NounEdit

गौर (gaurm (Urdu spelling غور‎)

  1. nuqtaless form of ग़ौर (ġaur)
DeclensionEdit

SanskritEdit

Alternative scriptsEdit

EtymologyEdit

Related to गो (go).[1]

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

गौर (gaura)

  1. (in comp. or ifc. g. कडारादि) white, yellowish, reddish, pale red
  2. shining, brilliant, clean, beautiful

NounEdit

गौर (gauram

  1. white, yellowish (the colour)
  2. gaur, a kind of buffalo (Bos gaurus, often classed with the गवय)
  3. white mustard (the seed of which is used as a weight, = 3 राज-सर्षपs)
  4. Grislea tomentosa (धव) L.
  5. a species of rice
  6. the moon
  7. (astronomy) the planet Jupiter
  8. name of the नाग शेष
  9. name of चैतन्य (compare -चन्द्र)
  10. name of a योग teacher (son of शुक and पीवरी)
  11. (in the plural) name of a family (compare °रात्रेय)

NounEdit

गौर (gauran

  1. white mustard
  2. name of a potherb
  3. saffron (compare कनक-)
  4. the filament of a lotus
  5. gold
  6. orpiment
  7. = गौरिका
  8. the earth
  9. red chalk
  10. a yellow pigment or dye (गो-रोचना, ‘orpiment’)
  11. turmeric (रजनी)
  12. name of several other plants (प्रियंगु, मञ्जिष्ठा, श्वेत-दूर्वा, मल्लिका, तुलसी, सुवर्ण-कदली, आकाश-मांसी)
  13. name of several metres (one of 4×12 syllables; another of 4×13 syllables; another of 4×26 long syllables)
  14. (music) a kind of measure
  15. name of a रागिणी
  16. (Hinduism) ‘brilliant Goddess’, शिव's wife पार्वती
  17. name of वरुण's wife
  18. name of a विद्या-देवी
  19. name of शाक्य-मुनि's mother
  20. name of the wife of वि-रजस् and mother of सु-धामन्
  21. name of several other women
  22. name of several rivers (one originally the wife of प्रसेन-जित् or युवनाश्व, changed by his curse into the river बाहु-दा.); ([compare Lat. gilvus?])

ReferencesEdit

  • Monier William's Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 2nd Ed. 1899