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▪ I. ‖ thar, n. Zool.|thɑːr|
[Native name.]
1. The native name in Nepal of a goat-antelope, Nemorhædus bubalina, belonging to the same genus as the Goral (N. goral).
1833B. H. Hodgson in Proc. Zool. Soc. 10 Sept. 105 As compared with the Ghŏrăl, Antilope Goral, Hardw...the Thâr is a massive beast, twice the size, and has suborbital sinuses, and a mane along the back of the neck and shoulders. Ibid. 24 Sept. 111 A cavity also exists in the osseous core of the horns of the Thâr Antelope. 1834Ibid. 12 Aug. 86. 1834 Penny Cycl. II. 89/2 The Thar (A. thar, Hodgson) was described for the first time in a paper by B. H. Hodgson, Esq., British resident in Nepaul... The thar inhabits the central region of Nepaul. 1885Cycl. India III. 885/1 Thar, the forest goat, is the Nepal name of Nemorhædus bubalina, called Eimu and Ramu on the Sutlej and Kashmir, and Serow in the hills generally.
2. Also applied to the tahr, or Himalayan wild goat (Hemitragus jemlaicus).
1896List Anim. Zool. Soc. 166 Hemitragus jemlaicus (Hodgs.) Thar. 1902Webber Forests Upper India vi. 52 Hemitragus jemlaicus is a true wild goat, here called ‘thar’ by the natives... The thar is gregarious. 1902Lydekker in Encycl. Brit. XXXIII. 939/1 The discovery of a species of thar (Hemitragus) in southern Arabia. 1903Spectator 4 Apr. 527/2 Open and high ground..more suitable for wild sheep, such as the thar.
▪ II. † thar, v.
Obs.: see tharf.
▪ III. thar|ðar, θar|
ME., chiefly northern, form of there; revived to repr. U.S. pronunc. See there adv. (a., n.) A. γ. Also in compounds, as ðar abutan, etc.: see thereabout and other words to therewith.
▪ IV. thar, thare
obs. ff. their; var. thir Obs., these; obs. gen. and dat. sing. fem. and gen. pl. of the; 3 sing. and pl. pres. indic. of tharf v. Obs. |