ଗୋବର

Odia

Etymology

Inherited from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀕𑁄𑀯𑁆𑀯𑀭 (govvara), from Sanskrit गोर्वर (gorvara, “pulverized cow dung”), a compound of गो (go, “cow”) +‎ वर (vara, “gift, blessing”), literally “gift of the cow”, since cow dung was used for various important purposes (like as a fuel, a fertilizer, and even as an ingredient for rituals). Cognate with Assamese গোবৰ (gübor), Bengali গোবর (gōbor), Hindi गोबर (gobar) and Sylheti ꠉꠥꠙꠞ (gufor).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡobɔɾɔ/
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Noun

ଗୋବର (gobara)

  1. cow dung, gobar

References

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