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Etymology
Probably from Tibetan མཛོ་པོ (mdzo po, “male offspring of a female cow and yak bull”), from Classical Tibetan མཛོ་པོ (mdzo po, from མཛོ (mdzo, “cow and yak hybrid”) + པོ (po, “suffix for males”)); or, from a similar Tibeto-Burman source, such as Tibetan ཟེ་བ (ze ba, “zebu or camel's hump”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
zébu m (plural zébus, feminine zébue or zébute)
- zebu
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