bajra
English
Alternative forms
- bajre, bajri
Noun
bajra (uncountable)
- (India) Pearl millet (Cenchrus americanus, syn. Pennisetum glaucum).
- 2023, Radhika Iyengar, Fire on the Ganges, Fourth Estate, page 94:
- When food was scarce, the children would subsist on a lump of jaggery and one bajra roti each.
References
- Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “bajra”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 50.
Anagrams
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbɒjrɒ]
- Hyphenation: baj‧ra
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