gora

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gora"

English

Alternative forms

• gaura, ghora

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani Hindi गोरा (gorā) / Urdu گورا (gorā).

• In British Pakistani speech, influenced also by Pahari-Potwari گورا (gorā) and Punjabi ਗੋਰਾ (gorā) / گورا (gorā).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡəʊ.ɹə/
• (India, Pakistan) IPA^(key): /ˈɡoː.ɾɑː/, [ˈɡoː.ɾɑː], [ˈɡoː.ɾäː]

Adjective

gora (not comparable)

1. (South Asia, India, Pakistan) Pertaining to a fair-skinned or European person. [from 19th c.]
   • 2007, Harold M. Bergsma, One Way to Pakistan: A Novel, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 199:

     "Sir! Yes." He saluted, did an about face and marched off. Sher swiveled around in his chair and looked fondly at the picture of the huge dead tiger and the embarrassed looking white, gora king, Edward.

   • 2011, Michelle Superle, Contemporary English-Language Indian Children's Literature: Representations of Nation, Culture, and the New Indian Girl, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 117:

     Barun enjoys this gora food as much as Indian food, but he comes to recognise its symbolic associations and power, becoming troubled by his own patterns of consumption.

   • 2022, Moni Mohsin, Between You, Me & The Four Walls: The Social Butterfly Bulletin, Penguin Random House India Private Limited, →ISBN, unnumbered page:

     So Myra, whose daughter is studying in Stand Ford (I think so it's in LA only), says people there voted for Hilary and they all hate Trump, so she's safe (and in any case she's very gora and she's dyed her hair blonde) but Sunny, whose smaller son is in Cantucky, where there are lots of Trump kay log, is so scared she's thinking of calling him back.

Noun

gora (plural goras)

1. (British Pakistani, Pakistan, North India) A white person; a European. [from 19th c.]
   • 2023, Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi, The Centre, Picador, page 41:

     Every day after that, my parents showed off their daughter's Urdu-speaking gora ‘friend’ to anyone who walked through the door.

Derived terms

• gora complex

Related terms

• gori

References

• “gora”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.
• “gora”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• gora in A Dictionary of English Slang & Colloquialisms; Ted Duckworth.
• Henry Yule; A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903), “gora”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].

Anagrams

• goar, Argo, Goar, rago, Rago, Agro, grao, agro, Garo, agro-

Baatonum

Gora

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡō.rā/

Noun

gora (plural gori, focus gora, plural focus goriya)

1. brown horse; ginger horse

Related terms

• duma

Balinese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡorə/
• Hyphenation: go‧ra

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit गौर (gaura).

Noun

gora (Balinese script ᬕᭀᬭ)

1. gold

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit घोर (ghora).

Noun

gora (Balinese script ᬖᭀᬭ)

1. giant

Basque

Etymology

From an earlier form goira (still in use in Biscayan), from goi (“up, high”) +‎ -ra (allative suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡoɾa/ [ɡo.ɾa]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -oɾa, -a
• Hyphenation: go‧ra

Adverb

gora (comparative gorago, superlative goren, excessive goregi)

1. up

Interjection

gora

1. long live

Further reading

• “gora”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “gora”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish gorra.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: go‧ra

Noun

gora

1. a baseball cap

Galician

Verb

gora

1. inflection of gorar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Spanish gorra.

Noun

gora

1. bonnet, cap

Italian

Etymology

Perhaps borrowed from Lombardic wer (“dam, weir”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔ.ra/
• Rhymes: -ɔra
• Hyphenation: gò‧ra

Noun

gora f (plural gore)

1. canal (for irrigation)
2. mill race

Anagrams

• Argo, agro, agro-, argo, roga

Javanese

Romanization

gora

1. romanization of ꦒꦺꦴꦫ

Lower Sorbian

Noun

gora f

1. superseded spelling of góra

Declension

Declension of gora

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	gora	gorje	gory
Genitive	gory	gorowu	gorow
Dative	gorje	goroma	goram
Accusative	goru	gorje	gory
Instrumental	goru	goroma	gorami
Locative	gorje	goroma	gorach

North Moluccan Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɔ.ɾa]
• Hyphenation: go‧ra

Noun

gora

1. rose apple (any of various Syzygium species)

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkora/

Verb

gora

1. inflection of gorrat:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative
   3. imperative connegative

Nyishi

Etymology

Borrowed from Indo-Aryan. Compare Hindi घोड़ा (ghoṛā).

Noun

gora

1. horse

References

• P. T. Abraham (2005), A Grammar of Nyishi Language‎^[1], Delhi: Farsight Publishers and Distributors

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गौर (gaura, “white, yellowish, reddish, pale red”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡora/
• Rhymes: -ra
• Homophone: ghora
• Hyphenation: go‧ra

Adjective

gora

1. pale of skin

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦒꦺꦴꦫ (gora) (inherited)

Further reading

• "gora" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Masovia):
  • (Łowicz) IPA^(key): [ˈɡɔ.ra]

Noun

gora f

1. (Łowicz) fork (side arms at the top of the plow in a well crane or barn, covering the crane or wall plate on both sides)

   Synonym: rôsocha

2. (Łowicz) field fire (bonfire in a field where shepherds are baking potatoes)

Further reading

• Halina Świderska (1929), “gora”, in Dialekt Księstwa Łowickiego (in Polish), Warsaw, →ISBN, page 99

Portuguese

Verb

gora

1. inflection of gorar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gora, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *garā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-. Cognate with Slovene gora.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡǒra/
• Hyphenation: go‧ra

Noun

gòra f (Cyrillic spelling го̀ра)

1. mountain
2. (regional, Croatia) hill, highland
3. (by extension, Croatia) forest, woods (forested hilly area)

Declension

Declension of gora

	singular	plural
nominative	gòra	gȍre
genitive	gòrē	górā
dative	gȍri	gòrama
accusative	gȍru	gȍre
vocative	gȍro	gȍre
locative	gòri	gòrama
instrumental	gòrōm	gòrama

Derived terms

• gòrskī
• gore

See also

• brijeg
• planina
• brdo
• hrib

Further reading

• “gora”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gora, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔ̀ːra/
• Hyphenation: go‧ra

Noun

góra f

1. (geography) mountain
2. (geography) forest, woods (forested hilly area)

   Šel je v goro po hlode. ― He went to the woods to get logs. (literally, “He went to the woods for logs.”)

3. (regional) vineyard
4. (colloquial) heap, pile, mountain (a large mass of something)

   cela gora smeti ― a whole heap of rubbish

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	gôra
gen. sing.	gôre
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	gôra	gôri	gôre
genitive (rodȋlnik)	gôre	gôr	gôr
dative (dajȃlnik)	gôri	gôrama	gôram
accusative (tožȋlnik)	gôro	gôri	gôre
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	gôri	gôrah	gôrah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	gôro	gôrama	gôrami

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem, long mixed accent
nom. sing.	gôra
gen. sing.	goré
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	gôra	goré	goré
genitive (rodȋlnik)	goré	gorá	gorá
dative (dajȃlnik)	gôri	goráma	goràm
accusative (tožȋlnik)	goró	goré	goré
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	gôri	goràh	goràh
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	goró	goráma	gorámi

Derived terms

• gọ̑rnji
• gór
• zgóraj

Further reading

• “gora”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “gora”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈɡoɾa/ [ˈɡoː.ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -oɾa
• Syllabification: go‧ra

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish gorra.

Noun

gora (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓᜇ)

1. cap

   Synonyms: sombrero, sambalilo, syorpit

2. bonnet

   Synonym: bonete

Alternative forms

• gura

See also

• kalo
• kupya

Etymology 2

From blend of English go +‎ tara.

Noun

gora (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓᜇ) (gay slang)

1. act of going (moving to a certain place or person)

   Synonyms: pumunta, magpunta

2. act of proceeding

   Synonym: tuloy

Alternative forms

• gowra

Derived terms

• gorabels
• gorahan
• gumora

Further reading

• “gora”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018