▪ I. ‖ thar, n. Zool.
(thɑːr)
[Native name.]
1. The native name in Nepal of a goat-antelope, Nemorhædus bubalina, belonging to the same genus as the Goral (N. goral).
| 1833 B. H. Hodgson in Proc. Zool. Soc. 10 Sept. 105 As compared with the Ghŏrăl, Antilope Goral, Hardw...the Thâr is a massive beast, twice the size, and has suborbital sinuses, and a mane along the back of the neck and shoulders. Ibid. 24 Sept. 111 A cavity also exists in the osseous core of the horns of the Thâr Antelope. 1834 Ibid. 12 Aug. 86. 1834 Penny Cycl. II. 89/2 The Thar (A. thar, Hodgson) was described for the first time in a paper by B. H. Hodgson, Esq., British resident in Nepaul... The thar inhabits the central region of Nepaul. 1885 Cycl. India III. 885/1 Thar, the forest goat, is the Nepal name of Nemorhædus bubalina, called Eimu and Ramu on the Sutlej and Kashmir, and Serow in the hills generally. |
2. Also applied to the tahr, or Himalayan wild goat (Hemitragus jemlaicus).
| 1896 List Anim. Zool. Soc. 166 Hemitragus jemlaicus (Hodgs.) Thar. 1902 Webber Forests Upper India vi. 52 Hemitragus jemlaicus is a true wild goat, here called ‘thar’ by the natives... The thar is gregarious. 1902 Lydekker in Encycl. Brit. XXXIII. 939/1 The discovery of a species of thar (Hemitragus) in southern Arabia. 1903 Spectator 4 Apr. 527/2 Open and high ground..more suitable for wild sheep, such as the thar. |
▪ II. † thar, v.
Obs.: see tharf.
▪ III. thar
(ðar, θar)
ME., chiefly northern, form of there; revived to repr. U.S. pronunc. See there adv. (a., n.) A. γ. Also in compounds, as ðar abutan, etc.: see thereabout and other words to therewith.
▪ IV. thar, thare
obs. ff. their; var. thir Obs., these; obs. gen. and dat. sing. fem. and gen. pl. of the; 3 sing. and pl. pres. indic. of tharf v. Obs.