Standard Lemma guide
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adj
Pertaining to a fair-skinned or European person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: South-Asia, not-comparable
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name
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A white person; a European.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India, North, Pakistan
Qualifier: British Pakistani
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History
Borrowed from Hindustani Hindi गोरा (gorā) / Urdu گورا (gorā). * In British Pakistani speech, influenced also by Pahari-Potwari گورا (gorā) and Punjabi ਗੋਰਾ (gorā) / گورا (gorā).
* From Polish Góra, from góra (“hill, mountain”). * From descendants of Sanskrit गौर (gaura).
