arna

American  

[ahr-nuh] / ˈɑr nə /

noun

1. (in India) the wild water buffalo, now endangered.

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Etymology

Origin of arna

First recorded in 1800–10; from Hindi arnā, from Sanskrit áraṇa “distant, foreign”; cognate with Bengali arṇā, Nepali arnu “wild buffalo”; perhaps akin to Greek állos, Latin alius “other”; see also else ( def. )

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The Manilla buffalo is a smaller variety or species of the arna, inhabiting, as its name imports, the Philippine Islands.

From Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys by William Harvey

You arna to even my glass wi' his, lassie.

From Winter Evening Tales by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

So strong are these animals, that an arna bull has been known to butt down a good-sized elephant with a single stroke of his horns!

From Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys by William Harvey