# गौर
## Hindi
### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ɡɔːɾ/

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit गौर (gaura).

#### Adjective

गौर • (gaur) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling گور)
* white
* pale
* fair

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit गौरी (gaurī).

#### Proper noun

गौर • (gaur) f (Urdu spelling گور)
* Hindu goddess Parvati

##### Synonyms

* गौरा (gaurā)
* पार्वती (pārvatī)

### Etymology 3

From Arabic غَوْر (ḡawr, “bottom, depth, (fig.) deepness in thought”).

#### Noun

गौर • (gaur) m (Urdu spelling غور)
* nuqtaless form of ग़ौर (ġaur)

##### Declension
## Sanskrit
### 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

Probably related to गो (gó, “cow”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɡɑːw.ɾɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ɡɑw.ɾɐ/

### Adjective

गौर • (gaurá) stem
* (in comp. or ifc. g. कडारादि) white, yellowish, reddish, pale red
* shining, brilliant, clean, beautiful

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ¹Vedic
* ²Brāhmaṇas
* ¹Vedic

### Noun

गौर • (gaurá) stem, m
* white, yellowish (the colour)
* gaur, a kind of buffalo (Bos gaurus, often classed with the गवय)
* white mustard (the seed of which is used as a weight, = 3 राज-सर्षपs)
* Grislea tomentosa (धव) L.
* a species of rice
* the moon
* (astronomy) the planet Jupiter
* name of the नाग शेष
* name of चैतन्य (compare -चन्द्र)
* name of a योग teacher (son of शुक and पीवरी)
* (in the plural) name of a family (compare °रात्रेय)

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

### Noun

गौर • (gaurá) stem, n
* white mustard
* name of a potherb
* saffron (compare कनक-)
* the filament of a lotus
* gold
* orpiment
* = गौरिका
* the earth
* red chalk
* a yellow pigment or dye (गो-रोचना, ‘orpiment’)
* turmeric (रजनी)
* name of several other plants (प्रियंगु, मञ्जिष्ठा, श्वेत-दूर्वा, मल्लिका, तुलसी, सुवर्ण-कदली, आकाश-मांसी)
* name of several metres (one of 4×12 syllables; another of 4×13 syllables; another of 4×26 long syllables)
* (music) a kind of measure
* name of a रागिणी
* (Hinduism) ‘brilliant Goddess’, शिव's wife पार्वती
* name of वरुण's wife
* name of a विद्या-देवी
* name of शाक्य-मुनि's mother
* name of the wife of वि-रजस् and mother of सु-धामन्
* name of several other women
* 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?])

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

### Descendants

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

### See also

Colors in Sanskrit · रङ्ग (raṅga) (layout · text) :
| श्वेत (śvetá), शुक्ल (śuklá), शुभ्र (śubhrá), धवल (dhavalá), गौर (gaurá) | धूमल (dhūmala), धूसर (dhūsara), पलित (palitá), मलिन (malina), रजत (rajata), कपोतक (kapotaká) | कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa), काल (kāla), श्याम (śyāma), श्याव (śyāva), कज्जल (kajjala) |
| रक्त (rakta), रुधिर (rudhira), सिन्दूर (sindūra), अरुष (aruṣa), ताम्र (tāmra); रोहित (rohita), लोहित (lohita) | नारङ्ग (nāraṅga), कमल (kamala); कद्रु (kadru), बभ्रु (babhru), कपिश (kapiśa) | पीत (pīta), कषाय (kaṣāya), पिङ्गल (piṅgala); पाण्डु (pāṇḍu), हिरण्य (hiraṇya), |
| शादहरित (śā́daharita) | हरित (harita), पलाश (palāśa), शाद्वल (śādvala), मारकत (mārakata) | नील (nī́la) |
| कपोतक (kapotaká) | आकाशवर्ण (ākāśavarṇa) , राजावर्त (rājāvarta), वैडूर्य (vaiḍūrya) | नील (nī́la), मेचक (mecaka), कालक (kālaka) |
| धूम्र (dhūmra); तुत्थ (tuttha) | शोण (śóṇa), नीललोहित (nīlalohita) | पाटल (pāṭala), अरुण (aruṇa), ब्रध्न (bradhna) |

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “गौर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 369, column 3.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “gaurá-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 503