GUR

I. noun

or goor ˈgu̇(ə)r

( -s )

Etymology: Hindi guṛ coarse sugar, molasses, from Sanskrit guḍa

: jaggery

II. noun

( -s )

Usage: usually capitalized

: a branch of the Niger-Congo language family including Mossi, Dagomba, Senufo, Bariba, Gurma, and Gurunsi centered in the upper Volta river valley in Ghana and the Upper Volta territory, West Africa — called also Mossi-Gurunsi, Voltaic