guar

Concepts

guar

Cyamopsis psoralioides

cluster beans

cyamopsis tetragonoloba

Synonyms

Cyamopsis psoralioides

cyamopsis tetrágono loba

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡwaɾ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi: ग्वार

Cognate with Latin: cucumis

In summary

Borrowed from Hindi ग्वार (gvār), from Sanskrit गोपाली (gopālī, “kind of cucumber”), shortened from गोपालकर्कटी (gopālakarkaṭī, “cowherder's cucumber”), from गोपाल (gopāla, “cowherd”) + कर्कटी (karkaṭī, “cucumber”) (see Latin cucumis and cucurbita).