The story
- Sanskrit · derived fromगोपाली“kind of cucumber”
- Hindi · borrowed fromग्वार
- English todayguar
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).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.