regurn.

Brit.

/ˈrɛɡə/,

/ˈreɪɡə/, U.S.

/ˈrɛɡər/,

/ˈreɪɡər/

Forms: 1800s– regar, 1800s– regur.

Origin: A borrowing from Telugu. Etymon: Telugu rēgaḍa.

Etymology: < Telugu rēgaḍa < rē black soil + -gaḍa clod, clump.The final vowel is often not pronounced in Telugu. The English spellings are an attempt to represent the Telugu pronunciation, with u or a used to represent /ʌ/ and r to represent the voiced retroflex plosive ḍ (see the discussion of a similar transliteration at mangelin n.).

A rich, dark, loamy soil, formed mainly by the weathering of basaltic rock and occurring extensively on the Deccan and Malwa Plateaus of India. Cf. black cotton ground n. at black adj. and n. Compounds 1e(a).

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > kind of earth or soil > [noun] > clayey soil

rosil1691

black cotton soil1814

regur1822

Ultisol1960

Vertisol1960

1822 T. Marshall Statist. Rep. Pergunnahs 113 The two great divisions of the cultivable soil are the Black and the Red, in the language of the country Regur or Yeree, and Musub or Musaree.

1838 Penny Cycl. XII. 205/1 On the whole surface of the table-land [of the Deccan] a black soil prevails, which, from being favourable to the growth of cotton, has been called the black cotton ground, or regur.

1879 H. B. Medlicott & W. T. Blanford Man. Geol. India I. xviii. 429 Regur, in its most characteristic form,..preserves the constant characters of being highly argillaceous and somewhat calcareous,..and of expanding and contracting to an unusual extent under the respective influences of moisture and dryness.

1906 E. W. Hilgard Soils xxi. 415 In view of the low rainfall and the closeness of the texture of regur, it is probable that little if any nitrates are currently washed out of the black cotton lands.

1965 A. Gourevitch tr. Gerasimov Fund. Soil Sci. & Soil Geogr. xx. 326 In Asia, tropical black soils (regur) cover much of the Deccan plateau..and are widespread on the islands of Indonesia.

1995 World Archaeol. 27 211 Deep pockets of redeposited regur are found on valley floors.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	regur
释义	regurn. Brit. /ˈrɛɡə/, /ˈreɪɡə/, U.S. /ˈrɛɡər/, /ˈreɪɡər/ Forms: 1800s– regar, 1800s– regur. Origin: A borrowing from Telugu. Etymon: Telugu rēgaḍa. Etymology: < Telugu rēgaḍa < rē black soil + -gaḍa clod, clump.The final vowel is often not pronounced in Telugu. The English spellings are an attempt to represent the Telugu pronunciation, with u or a used to represent /ʌ/ and r to represent the voiced retroflex plosive ḍ (see the discussion of a similar transliteration at mangelin n.). A rich, dark, loamy soil, formed mainly by the weathering of basaltic rock and occurring extensively on the Deccan and Malwa Plateaus of India. Cf. black cotton ground n. at black adj. and n. Compounds 1e(a). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > kind of earth or soil > [noun] > clayey soil rosil1691 black cotton soil1814 regur1822 Ultisol1960 Vertisol1960 1822 T. Marshall Statist. Rep. Pergunnahs 113 The two great divisions of the cultivable soil are the Black and the Red, in the language of the country Regur or Yeree, and Musub or Musaree. 1838 Penny Cycl. XII. 205/1 On the whole surface of the table-land [of the Deccan] a black soil prevails, which, from being favourable to the growth of cotton, has been called the black cotton ground, or regur. 1879 H. B. Medlicott & W. T. Blanford Man. Geol. India I. xviii. 429 Regur, in its most characteristic form,..preserves the constant characters of being highly argillaceous and somewhat calcareous,..and of expanding and contracting to an unusual extent under the respective influences of moisture and dryness. 1906 E. W. Hilgard Soils xxi. 415 In view of the low rainfall and the closeness of the texture of regur, it is probable that little if any nitrates are currently washed out of the black cotton lands. 1965 A. Gourevitch tr. Gerasimov Fund. Soil Sci. & Soil Geogr. xx. 326 In Asia, tropical black soils (regur) cover much of the Deccan plateau..and are widespread on the islands of Indonesia. 1995 World Archaeol. 27 211 Deep pockets of redeposited regur are found on valley floors. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1822
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