English word origin

Etymology of gurry

From Hindi गढ़ी (gaṛhī, “fort”).

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Source etymology 1

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noun

A circular gong that was struck at regular intervals to indicate the time. · The time interval indicated by striking the gurry. Originally, this was twenty-two and a half minutes, but later, under British influence, changed to an hour. · A small fort.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Hindi गढ़ी (gaṛhī, “fort”).

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Derivation mentionगढ़ीhi

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗

noun

Fishing offal. · Diarrhoea.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Origin unknown. Attested from the mid-nineteenth century. Perhaps derived from Middle English gore, gor, gorre (“mud, muck”), from Old English gor (“manure, dung, filth, muck, dirt”), from Proto-West Germanic *gor, from Proto-Germanic *gurą (“half-digested stomach contents; faeces; manure”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“hot; warm”). Compare Saterland Frisian Gorre (“muddy liquid; thick, liquid manure”), Old Norse gorr, gor (“intestines, (half-digested) intestinal contents, filth, dung; peat, silt-esc earth”).

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Derivation mention*gurągem-pro · half-digested stomach contents; faeces; manure
Derivation mention*gʷʰer-ine-pro · hot; warm
Cognate mentionGorrestq · muddy liquid; thick, liquid manure
Cognate mentiongorrnon

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