gaur

gaur
noun Etymology: Hindi, from Sanskrit gaura; akin to Sanskrit go bull, cow — more at cow Date: 1806 a large wild ox (Bos gaurus) of India and southeast Asia with a broad forehead and short thick curved horns

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  • gaur — gaur …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • gaur — [ gɔr ] n. m. • 1865; hindoustani gour, transcrit gore, gaur en angl. ♦ Bœuf sauvage de l Inde et de la Malaisie (⇒ gayal). ⊗ HOM. Gord. ● gaur nom masculin (hindi gour) Grand bœuf sauvage de l Asie du Sud Est, noir, ayant des cornes larges et un …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Gaur — Gaure Systematik Unterordnung: Wiederkäuer (Ruminantia) Familie: Hornträger (Bovidae) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Gaur — [ ga̮uɐ ], der; [s], [s] [Hindi]: in Indien wild lebendes Rind. * * * I Gaur   [ gaʊər, Hindi] der, s/ (s), Bos [Bibos] gaurus, kräftig gebautes Wildrind in Vorder und …   Universal-Lexikon

  • gaur — gaúr s. m., pl. gaúri Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic  GAÚR s.m. Bivol salbatic care trăieşte în regiunile muntoase din India şi Malaysia. [pron. ga ur. / < fr. gaur < cuv. hindustani]. Trimis de LauraGellner,… …   Dicționar Român

  • Gaur — der; s, [s] <über engl. gaur aus gleichbed. Hindi gaur, dies aus sanskr. gaurá> in den Wäldern Vorderindiens heimisches, sehr großes u. kräftiges Wildrind …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • Gaur — (g[add]r or gour), n. [Native name.] (Zo[ o]l.) An East Indian species of wild cattle ({Bibos gauris}), of large size and an untamable disposition. [Spelt also {gour}.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • gaur — gaur; ta·gaur; …   English syllables

  • gaur — [gour] n. pl. gaur or gaurs [Hindi < Sans gaura, akin to gáuh, COW1] a wild ox of India (Bos gaurus), the world s largest type of cattle …   English World dictionary

  • Gaur — (türk.), 1) so v.w. Kiasir; 2) so v.w. Gour; 3) so v.w. Parsen …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Gaur [1] — Gaur, s. Rind …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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