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)
- An annual legume (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba), used as a food for cattle and humans.
Synonyms
- (Cyanopsis tetragonoloba): cluster bean, guar bean
Related terms
Translations
annual legume
Further reading
Anagrams
Charrua
Noun
guar
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)
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)
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.