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单词 gayal
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gayaln.

Brit. /ɡʌɪˈjɑːl/, /ɡʌɪˈjal/, U.S. /ɡəˈjɑl/
Forms: 1700s–1800s gayál, 1800s gayall, 1800s ghyal, 1800s gyall, 1800s– gayal, 1800s– guyal, 1800s– gyal.
Origin: A borrowing from Bengali. Etymon: Bengali gayāl.
Etymology: < Bengali gayāl < Sanskrit gavala wild buffalo (probably via a vernacular form *gavalla , with suffix of unknown origin); compare go bull, cow (see cow n.1). Compare scientific Latin Bos gavaeus , suggested name (1808). Compare gaur n. N.E.D. (1898) also gives the pronunciation (gēi·ăl) /ˈɡeɪəl/.
A domesticated ox of South Asia, Bos frontalis; = mithan n. Also: the gaur, Bos gaurus.
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1791 Asiatick Researches 2 188 When a rich man has made a contract of marriage, he gives four or five head of gayáls (the cattle of the mountains) to the father and mother of the bride.
1808 Asiatic Researches (London ed.) 8 512 ‘The Gayál’, says Dr. Roxburgh, ‘is nearly of the size and shape of the English bull.’
1860 P. H. Gosse Romance Nat. Hist. 119 The gaur, the gayall, and other great wild oxen of India.
1863 Trans. Ethnol. Soc. London 2 391 The Gayal of Bengal.
1909 Times 29 Mar. 20/5 Calves of the pure-bred gayal..were reddish brown, with the throat, chest, and inner sides of the limbs white.
1925 Econ. Geogr. 1 163/1 The environment of southern Asia has coöperated with other agencies in producing distinct species of cattle such as the Brahman or zebu type, the gayal, the yak, the water buffalo and the banteng.
1999 P. Olivelle tr. Dharmasutras i. 28 The meat of one-hoofed animals, camels, Gayal oxen, village pigs, and Śarabha cattle are forbidden.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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