gaur

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English

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A gaur.

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Etymology

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

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gaur (plural gaurs or gaur)

  1. 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.

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Basque

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Adverb

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gaur (not comparable)

  1. today

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Catalan

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Noun

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gaur m (plural gaurs)

  1. gaur

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Czech

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Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hindi गौर (gaur).

Noun

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gaur m anim

  1. gaur, wild cattle

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Further reading

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  • gaur”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957

French

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Noun

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gaur m (plural gaurs)

  1. gaur

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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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

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    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

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French gaur.

Noun

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gaur m (plural gauri)

  1. gaur

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Spanish

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Noun

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gaur m (plural gaurs)

  1. gaur