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gobar, n. S. Asian.
Brit. |ˈgəʊbə|, U.S. |ˈgoʊbər|
[‹ Hindi gobar Hindi regional govā cow dung) > n.1 + -maya, suffix forming adjectives.
The Hindi word has perhaps been understood (by folk etymology) as representing Sanskrit go cow + vara boon, gift.With gobar gas at compare Hindi gobar gais (> n.1).]
Cow dung, (now) spec. when dried and used as fuel (on either a small or large scale). Usu. attrib., esp. in gobar gas.
1907Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 37 227 The women make an idol of gobar, covering it with a red cloth and offering to it the food cooked for the feast. 1977Economist (Nexis) 5 Feb. 39 But the gobar gas plant and comparable small machines are still protection [against pollution], as it were, at the ‘retail’ level. 1984J. G. Krishnayya in M. Levy Energy & Agric. 262 What when today's unpriced agri-waste, gobar, and forest scraps become priced? 1995V. Chandra Red Earth & Pouring Rain (1996) 601, I was smelling a gobar fire, the smell of the cow-dung fresh and pure. 2002India Today 2 Sept. 9/4 While your list was inspiring you should have included the gobar gas plant and the smokeless chula that have changed the villages. |