Etymology

markhor

mar·khor
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Today it means: A large wild goat, Capra falconeri, especially Capra falconeri megaceros, syn. Capra megaceros, having huge flattened spiral horns, found in the western Himalayas. Full definition →

Urdu مارخور ← Classical Persian مَارْخْوَر
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  1. Classical Persian · derived fromمَارْخْوَر
  2. Urdu · borrowed fromمارخور
  3. English todaymarkhor

Borrowed from Urdu مارخور (mārxor), from Classical Persian مَارْخْوَر (mārxwar, literally “snake-eater”), from مَار (mār, “snake”) + خْوَر (xwar) (present stem of خْوَرْدَن (xwardan, “to eat”)).

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