गौर

See also: गरि, गिरी, गोरा, गोर, गोरी, गुरू, गिरि, and गुरु

Hindi

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit गौर

Adjective

गौर • (gaur) (Urdu spelling گور)

1. white
2. pale
3. fair

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit गौरी

Proper noun

गौर • (Gaur) f (Urdu spelling گور)

1. Hindu goddess Parvati

Synonyms

• गौरा (gaurā)
• पार्वती (pārvatī)

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Sanskrit

Etymology

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Adjective

गौर • (gaura)

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

Noun

गौर • (gaura) stem, m

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. (plural) Name of a family (compare °रात्रेय).

Noun

गौर • (gaura) stem, n

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?])

References

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