gaur

English

A gaur.

Etymology

From Hindi गौर (gaur), from Sanskrit गौर (gaura). Attested in English since the early 19th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaʊə/
• IPA^(key): /ɡaʊəɹ/

Noun

gaur (plural gaurs or gaur)

1. An East Indian species of wild cattle (), of large size and an untamable disposition.

Synonyms

• (Bos gaurus): , Indian bison

Translations

Bos gaurus

• Assamese: মেঠোন (methün), বন-গৰু (bon-goru)
• Czech: gaur m
• Estonian: gaur (et)
• Finnish: gauri (fi)
• French: gaur (fr) m
• German: Gaur (de) m
• Irish: gár m
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• Lao: ກະທິງ (ka thing)
• Navajo: ayánítsoh bighą́ą́ʼaskʼidígíí
• Romanian: gaur (ro) m
• Russian: га́ур (ru) m (gáur)
• Thai: กระทิง (th) (grà-ting)
• Vietnamese: bò tót

References

• “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

• gaur on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bos frontalis gaurus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Bos gaurus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Bos gaurus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

Anagrams

• Guar., Gura, Urga, guar, ragu, ragù, ruga

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Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaur/

Adverb

gaur (comparative gaurrago, superlative gaurren, excessive gaurregi)

1. today

Derived terms

• gaur egun

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Czech

Noun

1. gaur, wild cattle

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French

Noun

gaur m (plural gaurs)

1. gaur

Further reading

• “gaur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Icelandic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /køyːr/

  Rhymes: -øyːr

Noun

gaur m (genitive singular gaurs, nominative plural gaurar)

1. (dated) pole
2. (dated) a gangly youth/man
3. a loud, unruly boy
4. (slang) fellow, guy, dude

Declension

declension of gaur

m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gaur	gaurinn	gaurar	gaurarnir
accusative	gaur	gaurinn	gaura	gaurana
dative	gaur	gaurnum	gaurum	gaurunum
genitive	gaurs	gaursins	gaura	gauranna