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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BHARAL

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PRONUNCIATION OF BHARAL

bharal  [ˈbʌrəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BHARAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bharal is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BHARAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

bharal

Bharal

The bharal or Himalayan blue sheep or naur is a caprid found in the high Himalayas of Nepal, Tibet, China, India, Pakistan, and Bhutan. Its native names include bharal, barhal, bharar and bharut in Hindi, na or sna in Ladakh, nabo in Spitian, naur in Nepali and na or gnao in Bhutan. The bharal was also the focus of George Schaller's and Peter Matthiessen's expedition to Nepal in 1973. Their personal experiences are well documented by Matthiessen in his book, The Snow Leopard. The bharal is a major food of the snow leopard.

Definition of bharal in the English dictionary

The definition of bharal in the dictionary is a wild Himalayan sheep, Pseudois nayaur, with a bluish-grey coat and round backward-curving horns.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BHARAL


agricultural
ˌæɡrɪˈkʌltʃərəl
apparel
əˈpærəl
April
ˈeɪprəl
burhel
ˈbʌrəl
Burrell
ˈbʌrəl
carol
ˈkærəl
central
ˈsɛntrəl
coral
ˈkɒrəl
cultural
ˈkʌltʃərəl
Durrell
ˈdʌrəl
federal
ˈfɛdərəl
floral
ˈflɔːrəl
funeral
ˈfjuːnərəl
general
ˈdʒɛnərəl
integral
ˈɪntɪɡrəl
natural
ˈnætʃrəl
oral
ˈɔːrəl
rural
ˈrʊərəl
saburral
səˈbʌrəl
several
ˈsɛvrəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BHARAL

bh
Bhagalpur
Bhagavad-Gita
Bhai
bhajan
bhaji
bhakta
bhakti
bhang
bhangra
Bharat
Bharat Natyam
Bharatiya
Bhaskar
bhat
Bhatpara
bhavan
Bhavnagar
bhawan
bheesties

WORDS THAT END LIKE BHARAL

admiral
architectural
cathedral
cerebral
corporal
Distrito Federal
electoral
in general
lateral
liberal
moral
mural
neutral
peripheral
referral
spiral
structural
supernatural
temporal
viral

Synonyms and antonyms of bharal in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bharal» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BHARAL

Find out the translation of bharal to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bharal from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bharal» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

岩羊
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bharal
570 millions of speakers

English

bharal
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भारल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

bharal
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Bharal
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bharal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

bharal
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bharal
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bharal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

bharal
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

bharal
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

bharal
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bharal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bharal
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பாரல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भरळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Bharal
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bharal
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bharal
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Bharal
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bharal
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Bharal
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bharal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bharal
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bharal
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bharal

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BHARAL»

The term «bharal» is regularly used and occupies the 98.773 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BHARAL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bharal

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BHARAL»

Discover the use of bharal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bharal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Wild Cats of the World
In Langu, subadult snow leopards weighing 20 kilograms killed adult male bharal weighing more than 55 kilograms, about three times their own body weight. An analysis of scats showed that snow leopards also ate small rodents, pikas, and ...
Mel Sunquist, Fiona Sunquist, 2002
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A Mountain Food Chain
Snow leopards are able to kill prey two times their weight, but their favorite prey are long-homed mountain sheep called bharal. They like to attack bharal from a rock, leaping down on unsuspecting sheep traveling along the mountain.
A. D. Tarbox, 2008
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Touching Upon the Himalaya: Excursions and Enquiries
The latter had driven the bharal from their traditional grazing area. These are minor details to a foreign expedition leader. He has paid the government to climb mountains not fuss himself over ecological fallout. Luckily it is only the South Inner ...
Bill Aitken, Geeta Kapadia, 2004
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The Opening of Tibet: An Account of Lhasa and the Country ...
Bharal (Ovis nahiira) were very common on all the lower mountain ranges. The females and young, which keep together, were constantly seen and were surprisingly) tame, but the old males with good heads required careful stalking.
Perceval Landon, 1996
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Elsevier's Dictionary of Mammals
... Nahurs f Boucs bleus i Baral; Bahral 5683 Pseudois nayaur Artiodactyla - Bovidae e Blue Sheep; Bharal; Himalajan Blue Sheep d Nahur; Blauschaf f Bouc Bleu; Bharal; Mouton bleu i Baral; Bahral 5684 Pseudois nayaur nayaur Artiodactyla ...
Murray Wrobel, 2006
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Plant Regeneration and Genetic Variability
Bharal, S., and Rashid, A. (1979a). Hyopcotyl, stem, callus and leaves of the legume Vigna sinensis as systems for isolation of protoplasts. Z. Pflanzenphysiol. 91, 465-468. Bharal, S., and Rashid, A. (1979b). Regeneration of plants from tissue ...
Indra Vasil, 1987
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Asiatick Researches: Or Transactions Of The Society ...
they call Bharal. I have never been able to procure the Bharal, alive or stuffed : but I have obtained, occasionally, his horns, so justly celebrated for their prodigious size. Six years ago, I had a pair which I could only raise from the ground by a ...
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Chasing the Phantom: In Pursuit of Myth and Meaning in the ...
In Ladakh, as in Tibet, the blue sheep, also known as bharal, is the main prey of the snow leopard, and the two species have evolved an extraordinary set of skills in the process of developing a survival of the very fittest relationship with each ...
Eduard Fischer, 2014
9
Animal World
A. David, Shivakumar. The Bharal The bharal or the Blue Sheep also is a Tibetan animal found in Ladakh, Sikkim and Nepal. It is about 90 cm. high. The bharal is brownish-grey in colour, tinted with slaty-blue, more brown in summer and more ...
A. David, Shivakumar, 1997
10
Curiosities: Little-known Facts of God's Creation : Daily ...
Two of them, the argali and the bharal, belong to the sheep family. The third, the kiang, is a donkey. The argali is the world's most desired big-game species because of its tremendously large horns. There are three varieties of these animals, ...
Charles C. Case, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BHARAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bharal is used in the context of the following news items.
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In a first, mammal survey begins in above 4900 m high valleys
On the other hand, this region holds unique fauna biodiversity, including charismatic snow leopard, brown bear, Himalayan black bear, Bharal, ... «Chandigarh Tribune, Jun 15»
2
Uttrakahnd to start snow leopard census from June 16
Snow leopard preys mainly on Bharal or Blue Sheep. Hares, Rodents and even birds. Briefly explaining the methodology, the forest official said ... «Indileak, Jun 15»
3
NAPA seeks President Obama's intervention to secure Sikh …
Daya Singh Lahoria, son of Kirpal Singh, resident of Kasba Bharal in Sangrur. Total custody: From August 3, 1995 till date. Parole not availed. Another case of ... «Latest News From Punjab, Feb 15»
4
Where women take up cudgels to save forests
Wildlife officials said migration of the Asiatic ibex - a wild goat species - and the Himalayan blue sheep or 'bharal' in the valley is common ... «Times of India, Feb 15»
5
Singapore Zoo and Night Safari to mark Chinese New Year with …
Meanwhile, the goat's wilder cousins - the horned markhor and Himalayan tahr, as well two species of wild sheep the bharal and mouflon - will ... «The Straits Times, Feb 15»
6
How women activists are saving forests in Himalayan terrain
Wildlife officials said migration of the Asiatic ibex - a wild goat species - and the Himalayan blue sheep or 'bharal' in the valley is common ... «The Hans India, Feb 15»
7
Far Cry 4 Review
... rebels under siege or grabbing some valuable intel but it's terribly tempting to take a slight detour along the way to grab a few Bharal hides, ... «GamingBolt, Dec 14»
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'Far Cry 4' maps unveiled before Nov. 18 release date
The other animals are: Tiger, Wolf, Tibetan Wolf, Dhole, Bear, Wild Boar, Wild Pig, Deer, Bharal, Demon Fish, Snow Leopard, Tapir, and Python ... «ChristianToday, Nov 14»
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Feral dogs causing eco-problems in Sikkim
"It is a fact that these feral dogs are having a negative impact on endangered endemic wildlife such as the Bharal (Himalayan Blue Sheep), Red ... «Business Standard, Nov 14»
10
Rumor: Entire Far Cry 4 Map Shows How Big The Game Really Is
... Honey Badger, Tiger, Wolf, Tibetan Wolf, Dhole, Bear, Wild Boar, Wild Pig, Deer, Bharal, Demon Fish, Snow Leopard, Tapir, and a Python. «Attack of the Fanboy, Nov 14»

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