bajra

English

Alternative forms

• bajre, bajri

Etymology

From Hindi बाजरा (bājrā), Gujarati બાજરી (bājrī).

Noun

bajra (uncountable)

1. (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

• Rajab

Hungarian

Etymology

baj +‎ -ra

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɒjrɒ]
• Hyphenation: baj‧ra

Noun

bajra

1. sublative singular of baj