"goral" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gorals [plural], ghoral [alternative], ghooral [alternative], ghural [alternative], gooral [alternative], goorul [alternative], gural [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɔːɹəl Etymology: Likely an early borrowing from Nepali घोरल (ghoral, “Himalayan goral”) or a related language. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ne|घोरल|t=Himalayan goral}} Nepali घोरल (ghoral, “Himalayan goral”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} goral (plural gorals)
  1. A type of Asian ungulate ruminant, now defined as any of the four species of the genus Naemorhedus. Categories (lifeform): Caprines Derived forms: Chinese goral, gray goral, Himalayan goral, long-tailed goral, red goral Translations (type of ungulate ruminant): горал (goral) [masculine] (Bulgarian), gòral [masculine] (Catalan), goral [masculine] (French), garal [masculine] (Irish), 고랄 (goral) (Korean), घोरल (ghoral) (Nepali), goral [masculine] (Romanian), гора́л (gorál) [masculine] (Russian), กวางผา (gwaang-pǎa) (Thai), ཁྲི་སྙན་ས་ལེ (khri snyan sa le) (Tibetan)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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