गौर

See also: गरि, गिरी, गोरा, गोर, गोरी, गुरू, गिरि, and गुरु

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) 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

• गौरा (gaurā)
• पार्वती (pārvatī)

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).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡɑːw.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑw.ɾɐ/

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?])

Descendants

• → Old Javanese: gora
  • > Javanese: ꦒꦺꦴꦫ (gora) (inherited)

References

• Monier William's Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 2nd Ed. 1899