guar

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)

1. An annual legume (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba), used as a food for cattle and humans.

Synonyms

• (Cyanopsis tetragonoloba): cluster bean, guar bean

Related terms

• guaran
• guar gum

Translations

annual legume

Arabic: غَار‎ m pl (ḡār) Romanian: fasolea de guar f Russian: гуа́р (ru) m (guár) Spanish: guar (es) m Tamil: கொத்தவரைக்காய் (kottavaraikkāy) Telugu: గోరు చిక్కుడు (te) (gōru cikkuḍu)

Further reading

• guar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Gura, Urga, gaur, ragu, ragù, ruga

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Charrua

Noun

guar

1. hand

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

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Malay

Noun

guar (plural guar-guar, informal 1st possessive guarku, 2nd possessive guarmu, 3rd possessive guarnya)

1. mound, hillock

   Synonym: anak bukit

References

• “guar” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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Spanish

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).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡwaɾ/ [ˈɡwaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: guar

Noun

guar m (plural guares)

1. guar

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.