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bajra

bajra noun: pearl millet (Cenchrus americanus, syn. Pennisetum glaucum). Also the alternative form of budgerow.

Noun

bajra (uncountable)

  1. (India, North) Pearl millet (Cenchrus americanus, syn. Pennisetum glaucum).
    • When food was scarce, the children would subsist on a lump of jaggery and one bajra roti each.2023, Radhika Iyengar, Fire on the Ganges, Fourth Estate, page 94

Also used as

bajra is also the alternative form of budgerow.

Forms of bajra

alternative formbajre
alternative formbajree
alternative formbajri
alternative formbajury
pluralbajras

Origin of bajra

From Hindi बाजरा (bājrā). Compare bajri from Gujarati બાજરી (bājrī).

Borrowed from Hindi बजरा (bajrā).

Questions about bajra

What does bajra mean?
Bajra means pearl millet (Cenchrus americanus, syn. Pennisetum glaucum).
What part of speech is bajra?
Bajra is a noun.
What is the plural of bajra?
The plural of bajra is bajras.

Words near bajra in the dictionary

  1. bajonado
  2. bajoo
  3. bajoos
  4. Bajorek
  5. Bajoreks
  6. bajra
  7. Bajram Curri
  8. Bajrangbali
  9. bajras
  10. bajre
  11. bajree

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