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Bengali
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), Sylheti ꠉꠥꠙꠞ (gufor), Odia ଗୋବର (gobara), Hindi गोबर (gobar).
Pronunciation
Noun
গোবর • (gōbor)
- cow dung, gobar
- (broadly) any animal's dung or muck
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