Etymology Borrowed from Hindustani Hindi गोरा (gorā) / Urdu گورا (gorā). * In British Pakistani speech, influenced also by Pahari-Potwari گورا (gorā) and Punjabi ਗੋਰਾ (gorā) / گورا (gorā).
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South Asia Pertaining to a fair-skinned or European person.
"Sir! Yes." He saluted, did an about face and marched off. Sher swiveled around in his chair and looked fondly at the picture of the huge dead tiger and the embarrassed looking white, gora king, Edward.2007, Harold M. Bergsma, One Way to Pakistan: A Novel, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 199:
Barun enjoys this gora food as much as Indian food, but he comes to recognise its symbolic associations and power, becoming troubled by his own patterns of consumption.2011, Michelle Superle, Contemporary English-Language Indian Children's Literature: Representations of Nation, Culture, and the New Indian Girl, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 117:
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So Myra, whose daughter is studying in Stand Ford (I think so it's in LA only), says people there voted for Hilary and they all hate Trump, so she's safe (and in any case she's very gora and she's dyed her hair blonde) but Sunny, whose smaller son is in Cantucky, where there are lots of Trump kay log, is so scared she's thinking of calling him back.2022, Moni Mohsin, Between You, Me & The Four Walls: The Social Butterfly Bulletin, Penguin Random House India Private Limited, →ISBN, unnumbered page:
gora
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Etymology Borrowed from Hindustani Hindi गोरा (gorā) / Urdu گورا (gorā). * In British Pakistani speech, influenced also by Pahari-Potwari گورا (gorā) and Punjabi ਗੋਰਾ (gorā) / گورا (gorā).
Every day after that, my parents showed off their daughter's Urdu-speaking gora ‘friend’ to anyone who walked through the door.2023, Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi, The Centre, Picador, page 41: