barasingha

English

Etymology

From Hindi बारहसिंगा (bārahsiṅgā), literally ‘twelve-tined’.

Noun

barasingha (plural barasinghas or barasingha)

1. Rucervus duvaucelii, the swamp deer.
   • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 357:

     We could see the herd of barasinghas grazing on an open grass patch to the left of the road ahead now.

Related terms

• chousingha

Translations

Rucervus devaucelii

• Finnish: barasinga