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Hindi
Pronunciation
Adjective
गोरे • (gore)
- inflection of गोरा (gorā):
- direct masculine plural
- oblique/vocative masculine singular/plural
Noun
गोरे • (gore)
- inflection of गोरा (gorā):
- direct plural
- oblique/vocative singular
Marathi
Etymology
Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘐𑘻𑘨 (gora), from Apabhramsa गउर (gaüra), from Prakrit गोर (gora) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit गौ॒र (gaurá).[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
गोरे • (gore) [2][3][4]
- (sometimes derogatory) fair, white (of skin)
- Antonym: काळे (kāḷe)
मी गोरी नसल्यामुळे सुंदर दिसत नाही.- mī gorī naslyāmuḷe sundar disat nāhī.
- I do not look beautiful because I am not fair-skinned.
Derived terms
- गोरेमोरे (goremore, “reaction to scolding”)
References
More information
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gaurá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 233: “M. gorā 'fair'”
- ^ Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “गोरे”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, page 39
- ^ Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “गोरा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 247
- ^ दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण (1932-1950) “गोरा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे : महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 1031.