thar

/ θɑː /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of thar¹

from Nepali thār

Example Sentences

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

From Salon

This process destabilizes the jet stream and changes storm tracks and wind patterns over the major sources of dust in West and South Asia -- namely the Arabian Peninsula and the Thar Desert between India and Pakistan.

From Science Daily

The country has a land area of more than a million square miles, with people in megacities, scattered throughout the Himalayas, in the Thar Desert, inside forests and along the Ganges.

From New York Times

A leading member of the local resistance People’s Defense Force, who asked to be identified by his nom de guerre “A Nyar Thar” for fear of arrest, told the AP that two pilots who ejected were quickly picked up by a military helicopter.

From Seattle Times

Now her own staff has leaked internal documents to the Daily Beast thar expose her as "a politician obsessed with her public image and fixated on winning herself as much exposure as possible."

From Salon