goro

See also: Appendix:Variations of "goro"

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Romani goro (non-Gypsy man), from Prakrit 𑀕𑁄𑀭 (gora).

Noun

goro f (plural goro, definite gorua, definite plural gorot) (Dogançe, Grabovë, Vërtop)

  1. (derogatory) Muslim (as addressed by Orthodox Christians)
    Synonyms: mysliman, muhamedan
    Gorrot ja pëlcasin berro, avrio do dredhim kol.
    The Muslims are having Eid, we will eat well tomorrow.
  • gorje
  • Goromani

References

  • Haxhihasani (1964), page 153

Fula

Alternative forms

  • gooro

Etymology

Cognate with Hausa gōr̃ò, Bambara wòro, Wolof guru.

Noun

goro

  1. cola

See also

  • goroore
  • gorohi

Galician

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *gʷorīti (warm up, heat) (compare Welsh gori ('brood; sit, of hen'), Middle Irish guirid (to warm)),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (warm,hot).

Cognate with Spanish huero.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɔɾo̝/

Noun

goro m (plural goros)

  1. unfertilized (egg) that has been brooded by the hen
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 146

Further reading

Etymology 2

Verb

goro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of gorar

Hausa

Etymology

From Kanuri góro; the ultimate origin is likely from Songhay.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡóː.rò/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ɡʷóː.rò]

Noun

gōr̃ò m (plural gwâr̃r̃ā, possessed form gōr̃òn)

  1. kola nuts
  2. (figuratively) A small gift or reward.

Japanese

Romanization

goro

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ごろ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ゴロ

Maranao

Noun

goro

  1. teacher
  2. instructor
  3. professor

References

  • Howard P. McKaughan, Batua A. Macaraya (1967), A Maranao Dictionary[1] (overall work in Maranao and English), University of Hawaii Press

Portuguese

Verb

goro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of gorar

Welsh Romani

Noun

goro m

  1. gadjo who has intermarried with a Romani and adopted their lifestyle, sometimes applied to half-breeds
    Synonym: (female) gori

Derived terms

  • goresko
  • måxado goro
  • phivlo goro
  • xindo goro
  • xujimen goro

References

  • goro” in Welsh Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

Wolof

Noun

goro

  1. in-law