单词 | magar |
释义 | † magarn.1 Obsolete. rare. A kind of Mediterranean cargo ship. ΘΚΠ 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 A. adj. Of or relating to a people of west-central Nepal and Sikkim state in India. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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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