ghoontn.

Brit.

/ɡuːnt/, U.S.

/ɡunt/

Inflections: Plural ghoonts, unchanged.

Forms: 1600s 1900s– gunt, 1800s ghount, 1800s ghounte, 1800s–1900s ghunt, 1800s– ghoont, 1800s goont.

Origin: A borrowing from Hindi. Etymon: Hindi ghū̃ṭ.

Etymology: < Hindi ghū̃ṭ, perhaps < Sanskrit ghoṭaka, denoting an inferior breed of horse, perhaps < a Dravidian language.

A type of small hardy pony used in northern India and the Himalayas as a pack animal and for riding.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by breed > [noun] > miscellaneous breeds

Frison?a1400

jennet1463

garron1540

Galloway1598

ghoonta1613

Goonhilly1640

forester1712

yabu1753

Highland pony1768

Narragansett pacer1777

Suffolk punch1784

Nubian1790

Cleveland bay1796

cob1818

Conestoga1824

marsh tacky1826

Narragansett1826

Russian pony1829

Clydesdale1831

Turkoman1831

Morgan1841

tarpan1841

Waler1849

Percheron1855

Canuck1860

Anglo-Arabian1864

Anglo-Arab1869

Belgium1878

Palouse1881

standardbred1888

Belgium draught horse1889

saddlebred1891

Timor pony1895

Haflinger1899

Argentine1901

Belgian1907

palomino1914

Appaloosa1924

Trakehner1926

Lipizzaner1928

Tennessee walking horse1938

Bhotia1939

cremello1944

Akhal-Teke1947

Palouse horse1947

Tennessee walker1960

Falabella1977

a1613 W. Finch Observ. in S. Purchas Pilgrimes (1625) I. iv. iv. 438 Heere is the great breed of a small kind of Horse, called Gunts, a true trauelling scalecliffe beast.

1834 tr. V. Jacquemont Lett. from India II. 12 In Cashmere, I shall buy, without regard to the price, the best ghounte in Tibet.

1871 E. Balfour Cycl. India (ed. 2) II. 312/2 During winter the ghoont live on the roots of the stunted bushes, and are very expert at scraping the snow from off them with their fore feet.

1893 R. G. Hobbes Reminisc. Seventy Years' Life, Trav. & Adventure I. xiv. 425 The ghoont, or mountain pony, is a rough little beast, but sure-footed and carries his rider in safety along the very edge of the precipices.

1904 E. J. Buck Simla xi. 160 For taking exercise he much preferred his carriage and four to a ‘ghoont’ (hill pony).

2001 L. S. Thakur Buddhism Western Himalaya i. 16 There is enough indication that ghoonts, goats, sheep, tea, dogs and camara were exported to the west from Tibet.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	ghoont
释义	ghoontn. Brit. /ɡuːnt/, U.S. /ɡunt/ Inflections: Plural ghoonts, unchanged. Forms: 1600s 1900s– gunt, 1800s ghount, 1800s ghounte, 1800s–1900s ghunt, 1800s– ghoont, 1800s goont. Origin: A borrowing from Hindi. Etymon: Hindi ghū̃ṭ. Etymology: < Hindi ghū̃ṭ, perhaps < Sanskrit ghoṭaka, denoting an inferior breed of horse, perhaps < a Dravidian language. A type of small hardy pony used in northern India and the Himalayas as a pack animal and for riding. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by breed > [noun] > miscellaneous breeds Frison?a1400 jennet1463 garron1540 Galloway1598 ghoonta1613 Goonhilly1640 forester1712 yabu1753 Highland pony1768 Narragansett pacer1777 Suffolk punch1784 Nubian1790 Cleveland bay1796 cob1818 Conestoga1824 marsh tacky1826 Narragansett1826 Russian pony1829 Clydesdale1831 Turkoman1831 Morgan1841 tarpan1841 Waler1849 Percheron1855 Canuck1860 Anglo-Arabian1864 Anglo-Arab1869 Belgium1878 Palouse1881 standardbred1888 Belgium draught horse1889 saddlebred1891 Timor pony1895 Haflinger1899 Argentine1901 Belgian1907 palomino1914 Appaloosa1924 Trakehner1926 Lipizzaner1928 Tennessee walking horse1938 Bhotia1939 cremello1944 Akhal-Teke1947 Palouse horse1947 Tennessee walker1960 Falabella1977 a1613 W. Finch Observ. in S. Purchas Pilgrimes (1625) I. iv. iv. 438 Heere is the great breed of a small kind of Horse, called Gunts, a true trauelling scalecliffe beast. 1834 tr. V. Jacquemont Lett. from India II. 12 In Cashmere, I shall buy, without regard to the price, the best ghounte in Tibet. 1871 E. Balfour Cycl. India (ed. 2) II. 312/2 During winter the ghoont live on the roots of the stunted bushes, and are very expert at scraping the snow from off them with their fore feet. 1893 R. G. Hobbes Reminisc. Seventy Years' Life, Trav. & Adventure I. xiv. 425 The ghoont, or mountain pony, is a rough little beast, but sure-footed and carries his rider in safety along the very edge of the precipices. 1904 E. J. Buck Simla xi. 160 For taking exercise he much preferred his carriage and four to a ‘ghoont’ (hill pony). 2001 L. S. Thakur Buddhism Western Himalaya i. 16 There is enough indication that ghoonts, goats, sheep, tea, dogs and camara were exported to the west from Tibet. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1613
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