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markhor

Syllables: mar·khorUK/ˈmɑːkɔː//ˈmɑɹkɔɹ/

markhor noun: a large wild goat, Capra falconeri, especially Capra falconeri megaceros, syn. Capra megaceros, having huge flattened spiral horns, found in the western Himalayas.

markhor: a large wild goat, Capra falconeri, especially Capra falconeri megaceros, syn. Capra megaceros,...
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Noun

markhor (plural markhors)

  1. A large wild goat, Capra falconeri, especially Capra falconeri megaceros, syn. Capra megaceros, having huge flattened spiral horns, found in the western Himalayas.
    • He was taught the legends of the Mess Plate, from the great grinning Golden Gods that had come out of the Summer Palace in Pekin to the silver-mounted markhor-horn snuff-mull presented by the last C.O. (he who spake to the seven subalterns).[1889 January], Rudyard Kipling, “Only a Subaltern”, in Under the Deodars (A. H. Wheeler & Co.’s Indian Railway Library; no. 4), Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh: A[rthur] H[enry] Wheeler & Co.; London...

markhor meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Persian

markhor in Hindi

Capra falconeri
मारख़ोर mārxor, मारखोर mārkhor

markhor in Tamil

இதுவும் ஒரு சிற்றினம் ஆகும்

markhor in Urdu

Capra falconeri
مارخور mārxor

markhor in Persian

Capra falconeri
مارخور mârxor, مارخوار mârxâr

Forms of markhor

pluralmarkhors

Origin of markhor

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”)).

Questions about markhor

What does markhor mean?
Markhor means a large wild goat, Capra falconeri, especially Capra falconeri megaceros, syn. Capra megaceros, having huge flattened spiral horns, found in the western Himalayas.
What is markhor in Hindi?
Markhor in Hindi is मारख़ोर (mārxor), मारखोर (mārkhor). See Markhor meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is markhor?
Markhor is a noun.
How do you pronounce markhor?
Markhor is pronounced /ˈmɑːkɔː/ (UK).
What is the plural of markhor?
The plural of markhor is markhors.

Words near markhor in the dictionary

  1. markgravine
  2. markgravines
  3. Markham
  4. markhoor
  5. markhoors
  6. markhor
  7. markhore
  8. markhores
  9. markhors
  10. Markian
  11. Markie

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: markhor (page history and authors); markhor (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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