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gor (prob. akin to S. गौरी), s.f. A grave, tomb; in P. also 'a desert'):—gor-banānā(-kī), To make a grave (for);—to work the destruction (of):—gor-par gor karnā, 'To make a grave on a grave'; to seek an employment, office, or place which is already occupied:—gor-ḵẖar (or ḵẖar-ě-gor), or gor, s.m. 'The ass of the desert,' the wild ass, the onager (cf. S. gaur-khar):—gor-istān, s.m. Grave-yard, cemetery:—gor-ě-g̠arībān, s.f. Burying-ground for strangers or for the poor:—gor-kāmuṅh jhāṅk-kar phirnā, or gor-meṅlāt-mār-kar khaṛāhonā, To escape from the jaws of death:—gor-kafan, s.m. 'Grave and shroud'; funeral ceremonies:—gor-kan, s.m. A grave-digger:—gor khodnā(-kī), To dig a grave (for); to dig up dead bodies:—gorgaṛhākarnā(-kī), To perform the funeral obsequies (of):—lab-ě-gor, adv. On the brink of the grave.
Origin: Persian