गोरे

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Hindi

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Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɡoː.ɾeː/

Adjective

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गोरे • (gore)

  1. inflection of गोरा (gorā):
    1. direct masculine plural
    2. oblique/vocative masculine singular/plural

Noun

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गोरे • (gore)

  1. inflection of गोरा (gorā):
    1. direct plural
    2. oblique/vocative singular

Marathi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘐𑘻𑘨 (gora), from Apabhramsa गउर (gaüra), from Prakrit गोर (gora) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit गौ॒र (gaurá).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • (formal) IPA(key): /ɡo.ɾe/
  • (colloquial) IPA(key): /ɡo.ɾə/

Adjective

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गोरे • (gore) [2][3][4]

  1. (sometimes derogatory) fair, white (of skin)
    Antonym: काळे (kāḷe)
    मी गोरी नसल्यामुळे सुंदर दिसत नाही.
    mī gorī naslyāmuḷe sundar disat nāhī.
    I do not look beautiful because I am not fair-skinned.
    संत गोरा कुंभार
    santa gorā kumbhār
    Gora Kumbhar
    (literally, “the fair-skinned potter saint”)

Derived terms

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References

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More information
  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gaurá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 233: “M. gorā 'fair'”
  2. ^ Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “गोरे”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary‎[1], New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, page 39
  3. ^ Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “गोरा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 247
  4. ^ दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “गोरा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 1031.
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