different between gaur vs gaup

English

Alternative forms

• gour (dated)

Etymology

From Hindi ??? (gaur), from Sanskrit ??? (gaura). Attested in English since the early 19th century.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?a??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?a???/

Noun

gaur (plural gaurs or gaur)

1. An East Indian species of wild cattle (Bos gaurus), of large size and an untamable disposition.

Synonyms

• (Bos gaurus): Bos frontalis gaurus, Indian bison

Translations

References

• “gaur”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
• “gaur”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, ?ISBN

Further reading

• gaur on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bos frontalis gaurus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Bos gaurus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Bos gaurus on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

Anagrams

• Guar., Gura, Urga, guar, ragu, ragù, ruga

Basque

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /?aur/

Adverb

gaur (not comparable)

1. today

Derived terms

• gaur egun

Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

gaur m (plural gaurs)

1. gaur

Further reading

• “gaur” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “gaur” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Czech

Noun

gaur m

1. gaur, wild cattle

French

Noun

gaur m (plural gaurs)

1. gaur

Further reading

• “gaur” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Icelandic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /køy?r/

  Rhymes: -øy?r

Noun

gaur m (genitive singular gaurs, nominative plural gaurar)

1. (dated) pole
2. (dated) a gangly youth/man
3. a loud, unruly boy
4. (slang) fellow, guy, dude

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• galp

Verb

gaup (third-person singular simple present gaups, present participle gauping, simple past and past participle gauped)

1. (Tyneside) To stare, gape.

   "Divint gaup at hor, she'll knaa ye fancy ha"

References

• Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, ?ISBN
• Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4

Anagrams

• Puga, guap