बाजरा
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀩𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀭 (*bajjara), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀩𑀸𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀭 (*bājjara).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
बाजरा • (bājrā) m (Urdu spelling باجرا or باجرہ)
- pearl millet, Pennisetum glaucum
- Synonym: बजड़ी (bajṛī)
Declension edit
Declension of बाजरा (masc ā-stem)
Descendants edit
- → English: bajra
References edit
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बाजरा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*bājjara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
- Colin P. Masica (1979) “Aryan and non-Aryan elements in North Indian agriculture”, in M. Deshpande and P. E. Hook, editors, Aryan and Non-Aryan in India[1], Ann Arbor: Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of Michigan, pages 55–151