mahseern.

Brit.

/ˈmɑːsɪə/, U.S.

/ˈmɑˌsɪ(ə)r/

Forms: 1800s mahaser, 1800s mahsur, 1800s– mahaseer, 1800s– mahseer, 1800s– mahsir, 1900s– maseer, 1900s– mashir. N.E.D. (1904) also records forms mahasur, marseir.

Origin: A borrowing from Hindi. Etymons: Hindi mahāser, mahāsīr.

Etymology: < Hindi mahāser, mahāsīr < Sanskrit mahā- great (see mickle adj.) + śaphara carp.

Any of several large Indian freshwater game fishes of the carp family; esp. Barbus tor, which resembles the barbel.

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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > superorder Ostariophysi or order Cypriniformes > [noun] > suborder Cyprinoidei > family Cyprinidae (minnows and carps) > member of genus Barbus

barbelc1380

groundling1601

yellowfish1834

mahseer1854

scaly1947

tiger barb1951

1854 J. D. Hooker Himalayan Jrnls. I. xvii. 398 A fine ‘Mahaser’ (a very large carp).

1859 J. Lang Wanderings in India 3 In the broad tributaries to the Ganges and the Jumna, may be caught [with a fly] the mâhseer, the leviathan salmon.

1880 A. Günther Introd. Study of Fishes 594 The ‘Mahaseer’ of the mountain streams of India.

1913 Chambers's Jrnl. Mar. 213/2 For the lordly mahseer or such-like monsters I am unequipped.

1936 J. T. Jenkins Fishes Brit. Isles (ed. 2) 283 The celebrated ‘Mahseer’ (Barbus tor)..is a near relative of the Carp.

1992 Angling Times 22 Apr. 3/4 You can go days without a bite, but just to catch one mahseer is worth the effort.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	mahseer
释义	mahseern. Brit. /ˈmɑːsɪə/, U.S. /ˈmɑˌsɪ(ə)r/ Forms: 1800s mahaser, 1800s mahsur, 1800s– mahaseer, 1800s– mahseer, 1800s– mahsir, 1900s– maseer, 1900s– mashir. N.E.D. (1904) also records forms mahasur, marseir. Origin: A borrowing from Hindi. Etymons: Hindi mahāser, mahāsīr. Etymology: < Hindi mahāser, mahāsīr < Sanskrit mahā- great (see mickle adj.) + śaphara carp. Any of several large Indian freshwater game fishes of the carp family; esp. Barbus tor, which resembles the barbel. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > superorder Ostariophysi or order Cypriniformes > [noun] > suborder Cyprinoidei > family Cyprinidae (minnows and carps) > member of genus Barbus barbelc1380 groundling1601 yellowfish1834 mahseer1854 scaly1947 tiger barb1951 1854 J. D. Hooker Himalayan Jrnls. I. xvii. 398 A fine ‘Mahaser’ (a very large carp). 1859 J. Lang Wanderings in India 3 In the broad tributaries to the Ganges and the Jumna, may be caught [with a fly] the mâhseer, the leviathan salmon. 1880 A. Günther Introd. Study of Fishes 594 The ‘Mahaseer’ of the mountain streams of India. 1913 Chambers's Jrnl. Mar. 213/2 For the lordly mahseer or such-like monsters I am unequipped. 1936 J. T. Jenkins Fishes Brit. Isles (ed. 2) 283 The celebrated ‘Mahseer’ (Barbus tor)..is a near relative of the Carp. 1992 Angling Times 22 Apr. 3/4 You can go days without a bite, but just to catch one mahseer is worth the effort. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1854
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