guar
See also: Guar.
English
editEtymology
editFrom Hindi ग्वार (gvār), from Sanskrit गोपाली (gopālī, “kind of cucumber”), shortened from गोपालकर्कटी (gopālakarkaṭī, “cowherder's cucumber”), from गोपाल (gopāla, “cowherd”) कर्कटी (karkaṭī, “cucumber”) (see Latin cucumis and cucurbita).
Noun
editguar (plural guars)
- An annual legume (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba), used as a food for cattle and humans.
Synonyms
edit- (Cyanopsis tetragonoloba): cluster bean, guar bean
Related terms
editTranslations
editannual legume
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Further reading
editAnagrams
editCharrua
editNoun
editguar
References
edit- El último charrúa: de Salsipuedes a la actualidad (1996)
- Idioma español y habla criolla: Charrúas y vilelas (1968)
- Čestmír Loukotka, Johannes Wilbert (editor), Classification of South American Indian Languages (1968, Los Angeles: Latin American Studies Center, University of California), page(s) 62
Malay
editPronunciation
editNoun
editguar (Jawi spelling ݢوار, plural guar-guar, informal 1st possessive guarku, 2nd possessive guarmu, 3rd possessive guarnya)
- mound, hillock
- Synonym: anak bukit
Descendants
edit- → Southern Thai: ควน
References
edit- “guar” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Hindi ग्वार (gvār), from Sanskrit गोपाली (gopālī, “kind of cucumber”), shortened from गोपालकर्कटी (gopālakarkaṭī, “cowherder's cucumber”), from गोपाल (gopāla, “cowherd”) कर्कटी (karkaṭī, “cucumber”) (see Latin cucumis and cucurbita).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editguar m (plural guares)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “guar”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
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