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单词 magar
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magarn.1

Origin: Of unknown origin.
Etymology: Of unknown origin, although compare Old French magari , margari admiral, also renegade, probably < Byzantine Greek μαγαρίτης renegade. It has also been suggested that the word might be < Hungarian magyar Magyar n. and adj. (otherwise not occurring in English until the late 18th cent.), referring to the eastern European origin (e.g. Ragusan: compare argosy n.) of such ships.The word apparently does not occur in the Italian of Ariosto.
Obsolete. rare.
A kind of Mediterranean cargo ship.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > other types of vessel > [noun]
farcost1284
lumbar13..
trowc1330
linec1400
rampinc1500
skey1507
lique1523
sakre1546
salve1588
magara1592
bonaventure1592
centaur1622
Greenlander1692
jackass1826
a1592 R. Greene Hist. Orlando Furioso (1594) sig. B Stately Argosies, Caluars and Magars hulkes of burden great.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

Magaradj.n.2

Brit. /ˈmɑːɡɑː/, U.S. /ˈmɑɡɑr/
Forms: 1800s Muggur, 1800s– Magar.
Origin: A borrowing from Magar. Etymon: Magar Magar.
Etymology: < Magar Magar, self-designation.
A. adj.
Of or relating to a people of west-central Nepal and Sikkim state in India.
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the world > people > ethnicities > Indian > [adjective] > Mongol peoples
Magar1811
Lepcha1819
Rong1876
Limbu1928
1811 W. Kirkpatrick Acct. Kingdom Nepal vii. 220 Besides the Sanskrit,..the principal vernacular languages of this country are, the Purbutti, the Newar, the Dhenwar, the Muggur, [etc.].
1859 R. G. Latham Descriptive Ethnol. II. xlii. 403 Gorkha, so far as it was other than Hindu, seems to have been chiefly Magar.
1971 J. Pemble Invasion of Nepal i. 9 Lévi thought that the Mongolian Magar tribesmen were the earliest inhabitants of the western hills.
B. n.2
1. A member of the Magars.
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the world > people > ethnicities > Indian > [noun] > Mongol peoples > person
Newar1811
Lepcha1819
Limbu1819
Magar1819
Rong1840
Khasi1882
1819 F. Hamilton Acct. Kingdom Nepal i. i. 29 I heard of no tribes but the Magars, Jariyas, and Gurungs, that spoke languages different from the Khas.
1833 B. H. Hodgson in Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 2 219 Both Gúrúngs and Magars still maintain their own vernacular tongues, Tartar faces, and careless manners.
1833 B. H. Hodgson in Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 2 221 The attachment of the Magars to the house of Gorkhá is but recent, and of no extraordinary or intimate nature.
1877 L. H. Morgan Anc. Society iii. vi. 513 If the organizations..of..the Magars of Nepaul..were examined upon the original evidence, it is highly probable that they would be found exactly analogous to the Iroquois tribes.
1911 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 379/2 The Gurkhalis, Magars, and Gurungs are Hindus, but..the Magars will eat pork but not buffalo's flesh.
1950 T. Longstaff This my Voy. v. 93 Besides speaking Khaskura..he was familiar with the peculiar dialects of the Magars and Gurungs, two of the most redoubtable of the fighting clans.
1971 C. Bonington Annapurna South Face iv. 47 Our porters were recruited in the main from two different tribes, the Magars and the Gurungs.
1982 J. Miller Chamdo Raid xvii. 166 It exists solely for Red Cross supplies which are flown from Katmandu, then unloaded and taken..to the Khamba magars to the north.
2. The Tibeto-Burman language of the Magars.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Sino-Tibetan > [noun] > Tibeto-Burman > miscellaneous Tibeto-Burman languages
Magar1811
Tibetan1822
Bhotia1824
Tibetic1833
Lepcha1840
Gurung1874
Murmi1874
Tibeto-Himalayan1875
Rong1892
Dzongkha1909
Lahu1909
Lisu1909
Newari1928
Thakali1974
Tamang1977
1811 [see sense A.].
1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XII. 954/1 The languages of the north and east belong predominantly to the Tibeto-Burman family. These include Magar, Gurung, Rai, [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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