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gayal

/ɡəˈjæl/

gayal noun: bos frontalis, a Southern Asiatic species of domestic cattle.

gayal: bos frontalis, a Southern Asiatic species of domestic cattle
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Noun

gayal (plural gayals)

  1. Bos frontalis, a Southern Asiatic species of domestic cattle.
    Synonyms:
    gaur

gayal meaning in Tamil, Sanskrit and Assamese

gayal in Tamil

காட்டா

gayal in Sanskrit

gayal
गवय gavayá

gayal in Assamese

Bos frontalis
মেঠোন methün, মেঠন methon

Synonyms of gayal

Forms of gayal

pluralgayals

Origin of gayal

From Bengali গয়াল (goẏal), from Sanskrit गौ॒रः (gauráḥ) or Sanskrit गौः (gauḥ). Doublet of gaur.

Questions about gayal

What does gayal mean?
Gayal means bos frontalis, a Southern Asiatic species of domestic cattle.
What is gayal in Tamil?
Gayal in Tamil is காட்டா. See Gayal meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is gayal?
Gayal is a noun.
How do you pronounce gayal?
Gayal is pronounced /ɡəˈjæl/.
What is the plural of gayal?
The plural of gayal is gayals.

Words near gayal in the dictionary

  1. gay-vague
  2. Gaya
  3. gayageum
  4. gayageums
  5. Gayakapriya
  6. gayal
  7. gayals
  8. Gayan
  9. Gayana
  10. Gayang
  11. Gayardild

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: gayal (page history and authors); gayal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); गवय (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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