jawar en · NOUN
Etymology
From Hindi जवार (javār).
Meanings
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(India, uncountable, usually) Sorghum, Indian millet (Sorghum bicolor).
Sharankumar Limbale also recalls vividly […] how his grandmother collected remnants of undigested jowar grains from cow dung, washed and then dried them in the sun.
2023, Radhika Iyengar, Fire on the Ganges, Fourth Estate, page 93:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| jawari | alternative | lexicographic | |
| jawars | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| jowarree | alternative | lexicographic | |
| jooar | alternative | lexicographic | |
| jowar | alternative | lexicographic | |
| jowari | alternative | lexicographic | |
| juari | alternative | lexicographic | |
| jowarry | alternative | lexicographic | |
| jowaur | alternative | lexicographic | |
| juarree | alternative | lexicographic |