Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Ghur in India is the name of a plant defined with Acorus calamus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Acorus calamus auct. non L. (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Acta Facultatis Rerum Naturalium Universitatis Comenianae, Botanica (1976)
· Research Bulletin (1970)
· Uses of Plants by the Indians (1991)
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· Canad. Journal of Botany (2248)
· Occasional Papers, Kagoshima University Research Center for the South Pacific (1989)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Ghur, for example health benefits, pregnancy safety, chemical composition, extract dosage, diet and recipes, side effects, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ghur (घुर्).—6 P. (ghurati, ghurita)

1) To sound, make a noise, snore, snort; grunt (as a pig, dog &c.); कः कः कुत्र न घुर्घुरायितघुरीघोरो घुरेच्छूकरः (kaḥ kaḥ kutra na ghurghurāyitaghurīghoro ghurecchūkaraḥ) K. P.7.

2) To be frightful or terrible.

3) To cry in distress.

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Ghūr (घूर्).—4 Ā. (ghūryate) To kill, hurt.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ghur (घुर्).—[ghura] r. 6. th cl. (ghurati) 1. To be frightful or terrible. 2. To sound.

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Ghur (घुर्).—[(ī) ghurī] r. 4th cl. (ghuryate) 1. To be ignorant. 2. To inquire.

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Ghūr (घूर्).—[(ī) ghūrī] r. 4th cl. (ghūryate) 1. To kill, to hurt or injure. 2. To become old, to decay. saka-jīrṇatāyām aka-di-ā-seṭ .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ghur (घुर्).—. i. 6, [Parasmaipada.] 1. To be frightful. 2. To sound.

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Ghūr (घूर्).—i. 4, [Ātmanepada.] 1. To kill. 2. To become old.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Ghur (घुर्):—[class] 6. [Parasmaipada] rati ([Aorist] aghorīt; [perfect tense] 3. [plural] jughurur; [Ātmanepada] jughure), to cry frightfully, frighten with cries, [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya xiv f.] (cf. ghora.)

2) Ghūr (घूर्):—[class] 4. [Ātmanepada] ryate, to hurt, injure, kill, [Dhātupāṭha xxvii, 46];

2) —to become old, decay, [ib.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Ghur (घुर्):—(śa) ghurati 6. a. To be frightful or terrible; to sound.

2) Ghūr (घूर्):—(ya, ī) ghūryyati 4. a. To kill, be old.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Ghur (घुर्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ghora.

[Sanskrit to German]

Ghur in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with (+79): Ghur baz, Ghur gan, Ghura, Ghuradala, Ghuradalanem, Ghuradali, Ghuraghura, Ghuraghuraghosha, Ghuraghurahata, Ghuraghurana, Ghuraghuranem, Ghuraghurarava, Ghuraghuraunu, Ghuraghuravanem, Ghuraghuravata, Ghuraghuray, Ghuraghuraya, Ghuraghurayate, Ghuraghusa, Ghuragutanem.

Ends with: Sathghur, Sholinghur, Toghur.

Full-text (+2): Ghora, Ghurghura, Ghur gan, Ghur baz, Ghurughura, Ghuraghura, Ghurghuruka, Ghurika, Ghuraghuraghosha, Ghurana, Ghurghurata, Ghurghuraka, Ghurughuraghosha, Ghurghuraya, Ghuraghurarava, Ghurghuri, Ghurughuraghoranirghosha, Ghurghurika, Ghuraghuraya, Papphasa.

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