thar

/ θɑː /

noun

1. Also called: Himalayan serow. a rare goatlike antelope ( Capricornis thar ) of mountainous regions of S Asia

Word History and Origins

Origin of thar¹

from Nepali thār

Example Sentences

The dates will be planted in the arid Thar Desert of northern India to help reclaim the land and create employment.

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"We have the Thar Desert in India," Ajit Singh Batra tells me, on a video call to his office in Atul, the town built by, and named after, the company.

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On a warm May evening in 2022, Sidhu Moose Wala was taking his black Mahindra Thar SUV for its usual spin through dusty lanes near his village in the northern Indian state of Punjab when, within minutes, two cars began tailing him.

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There’s still gold in them thar hills.

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Hubbard attributed the disease to “an intense desire to ‘git thar’ and an awful feeling that you cannot.”

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