barasingha

English

Etymology

From Hindi बारह सिंगा (bārah siṅgā), literally ‘twelve-tined’.

Noun

barasingha (plural barasinghas or barasingha)

  1. Rucervus duvaucelii, the swamp deer.
    • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 357:
      We could see the herd of barasinghas grazing on an open grass patch to the left of the road ahead now.
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