"markhor" meaning in All languages combined

See markhor on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈmɑːkɔː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmɑɹkɔɹ/ [General-American] Forms: markhors [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Urdu مارخور (mārxor), from Persian مارخور (mârxor, literally “snake-eater”), from مار (mâr, “snake”) + خور (xor) (present stem of خوردن (xordan, “to eat”)). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ur|مارخور|tr=mārxor}} Urdu مارخور (mārxor), {{der|en|fa|مارخور|lit=snake-eater|tr=mârxor}} Persian مارخور (mârxor, literally “snake-eater”), {{glossary|present}} present, {{glossary|stem}} stem Head templates: {{en-noun}} markhor (plural markhors)
  1. A large wild goat, Capra falconeri, especially Capra falconeri megaceros, syn. Capra megaceros, having huge flattened spiral horns, found in the western Himalayas. Categories (lifeform): Goats Translations (Capra falconeri): schroefhoorngeit (Dutch), kierteissarvivuohi (Finnish), Schraubenziege (German), मारख़ोर (mārxor) (Hindi), मारखोर (mārkhor) [masculine] (Hindi), pödröttszarvú kecske (Hungarian), marcár [masculine] (Irish), مارخور (mârxor) (Persian), مارخوار (mârxâr) (Persian), винторо́гий козёл (vintorógij kozjól) [masculine] (Russian), марху́р (marxúr) [masculine] (Russian), морхӯр (morxür) (Tajik), морхор (morxor) (Tajik), مارخور (mārxor) (Urdu), morxoʻr (Uzbek), marwor (Zazaki)

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Alternative forms

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