guar

See also: Guar.

English

Etymology

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).

Noun

guar (plural guars)

1. An annual legume (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba), used as a food for cattle and humans.

Synonyms

• (Cyanopsis tetragonoloba): cluster bean, guar bean

Related terms

• guaran
• guar gum

Translations

annual legume

• Arabic: غَار m pl (ḡār)
• Burmese: ပဲပုစွန် (my) (pai:pu.cwan)
• Romanian: fasolea de guar f
• Russian: гуа́р (ru) m (guár)
• Spanish: guar (es) m
• Tamil: கொத்தவரைக்காய் (kottavaraikkāy)
• Telugu: గోరు చిక్కుడు (te) (gōru cikkuḍu)

Further reading

• guar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Gura, Urga, gaur, ragu, ragù, ruga

Charrua

Noun

guar

1. hand

References

• 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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡwar/ [ˈɡwar]

Noun

guar (Jawi spelling ݢوار, plural guar-guar, informal 1st possessive guarku, 2nd possessive guarmu, 3rd possessive guarnya)

1. mound, hillock

   Synonym: anak bukit

Descendants

• → Southern Thai: ควน

References

• “guar” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡwaɾ/ [ˈɡwaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: guar

Noun

guar m (plural guares)

1. guar

Related terms

• goma guar

 

Further reading

• “guar”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.