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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
guar (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[edit]
Translations[edit]
annual legume
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Further reading[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Charrua[edit]
Noun[edit]
guar
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[edit]
Noun[edit]
guar (plural guar-guar, informal 1st possessive guarku, 2nd possessive guarmu, 3rd possessive guarnya)
- mound, hillock
- Synonym: anak bukit
References[edit]
- “guar” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Noun[edit]
guar m (plural guares)
Related terms[edit]
Further 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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- English terms borrowed from Hindi
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- Spanish 1-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ
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- es:Vegetables