गौर

Hindi

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɡɔːɾ/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit गौर (gaura).

Adjective

गौर • (gaur) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling گور)

  1. white
  2. pale
  3. fair

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit गौरी (gaurī).

Proper noun

गौर • (gaur) f (Urdu spelling گور)

  1. Hindu goddess Parvati
Declension
Declension of गौर (sg-only fem cons-stem)
singular
direct गौर
gaur
oblique गौर
gaur
vocative गौर
gaur
Synonyms

Etymology 3

From Arabic غَوْر (ḡawr, “bottom, depth, (fig.) deepness in thought”).

Noun

गौर • (gaur) m (Urdu spelling غور)

  1. nuqtaless form of ग़ौर (ġaur)
Declension
Declension of गौर (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct गौर
gaur		 गौर
gaur
oblique गौर
gaur		 गौरों
gaurõ
vocative गौर
gaur		 गौरो
gauro

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • গৌৰ (Assamese script)
  • ᬕᭁᬭ (Balinese script)
  • গৌর (Bengali script)
  • 𑰐𑰻𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀕𑁅𑀭 (Brahmi script)
  • ဂေါ်ရ (Burmese script)
  • ગૌર (Gujarati script)
  • ਗੌਰ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌗𑍌𑌰 (Grantha script)
  • ꦒꦻꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂏𑂸𑂩 (Kaithi script)
  • ಗೌರ (Kannada script)
  • គៅរ (Khmer script)
  • ເຄົາຣ (Lao script)
  • ഗൗര (Malayalam script)
  • ᡤᠣᠣᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘐𑘼𑘨 (Modi script)
  • ᠺᠣᠧᠸᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦰𑧝𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐐𑑁𑐬 (Newa script)
  • ଗୌର (Odia script)
  • ꢔꣃꢬ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆓𑆿𑆫 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖐𑖻𑖨 (Siddham script)
  • ගෞර (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩞𑩘𑩼 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚌𑚵𑚤 (Takri script)
  • கெ³ௗர (Tamil script)
  • గౌర (Telugu script)
  • เคาร (Thai script)
  • གཽ་ར (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒑𑒾𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨍𑨈𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Related to गो (go).[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

गौर • (gaura) stem

  1. (in comp. or ifc. g. कडारादि) white, yellowish, reddish, pale red
  2. shining, brilliant, clean, beautiful

Noun

गौर • (gaura) stem, m

  1. white, yellowish (the colour)
  2. gaur, a kind of buffalo (Bos gaurus, often classed with the गवय)
  3. white mustard (the seed of which is used as a weight, = 3 राज-सर्षपs)
  4. Grislea tomentosa (धव) L.
  5. a species of rice
  6. the moon
  7. (astronomy) the planet Jupiter
  8. name of the नाग शेष
  9. name of चैतन्य (compare -चन्द्र)
  10. name of a योग teacher (son of शुक and पीवरी)
  11. (in the plural) name of a family (compare °रात्रेय)

Noun

गौर • (gaura) stem, n

  1. white mustard
  2. name of a potherb
  3. saffron (compare कनक-)
  4. the filament of a lotus
  5. gold
  6. orpiment
  7. = गौरिका
  8. the earth
  9. red chalk
  10. a yellow pigment or dye (गो-रोचना, ‘orpiment’)
  11. turmeric (रजनी)
  12. name of several other plants (प्रियंगु, मञ्जिष्ठा, श्वेत-दूर्वा, मल्लिका, तुलसी, सुवर्ण-कदली, आकाश-मांसी)
  13. name of several metres (one of 4×12 syllables; another of 4×13 syllables; another of 4×26 long syllables)
  14. (music) a kind of measure
  15. name of a रागिणी
  16. (Hinduism) ‘brilliant Goddess’, शिव's wife पार्वती
  17. name of वरुण's wife
  18. name of a विद्या-देवी
  19. name of शाक्य-मुनि's mother
  20. name of the wife of वि-रजस् and mother of सु-धामन्
  21. name of several other women
  22. name of several rivers (one originally the wife of प्रसेन-जित् or युवनाश्व, changed by his curse into the river बाहु-दा.); ([compare Lat. gilvus?])

References
  • Monier William's Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 2nd Ed. 1899
  1. “gaur”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
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