gaur
English edit
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Etymology edit
From Hindi गौर (gaur), from Sanskrit गौर (gaura). Attested in English since the early 19th century.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡaʊə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ɡaʊəɹ/
Noun edit
gaur (plural gaurs or gaur)
- An Asian species of wild bovine (Bos gaurus), of large size and an untamable disposition.
- 1889, William T. Hornaday, The Extermination of the American Bison[1]:
- […] I am sure that the American bison is the grandest of them all. His only rivals for the kingship are the Indian bison, or gaur (Bos gaurus), of Southern India, and the aurochs, or European bison, both of which really surpass him in height, if not in actual balk also.
- 1914, Edward Hamilton Aitken, Concerning Animals and Other Matters[2]:
- Of the other ruminants the ox, buffalo, yak, goat, sheep and a few others are domestic animals, while the bison and the gaur, or so-called Indian bison, and a large number of wild goats and sheep have been neglected.
Synonyms edit
- (Bos gaurus): Bos frontalis gaurus (Indian bison)
Translations edit
Bos gaurus
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References edit
- “gaur”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “gaur”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
Further reading edit
- gaur on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Bos gaurus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Bos gaurus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Bos gaurus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Anagrams edit
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gaur (not comparable)
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Catalan edit
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Audio (Valencian) (file)
Noun edit
gaur m (plural gaurs)
Further reading edit
- “gaur”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “gaur” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Czech edit
Noun edit
gaur m anim
- gaur, wild cattle
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This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading edit
- gaur in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gaur m (plural gaurs)
Further reading edit
- “gaur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Noun edit
gaur m (genitive singular gaurs, nominative plural gaurar)
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Romanian edit
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Noun edit
gaur m (plural gauri)
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Noun edit
gaur m (plural gaurs)