barley

barley meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

Examples of barley in a sentence

• He paid her the nominal fee of two corns of barley.
• The wind causes a flutter in the barley in the field.
• She stirred up a mixture of oats, barley, cheese, and Pramnian wine.

All 36 example sentences with barley

Forms of barley

Plural of barley: barleys

Origin of barley

From Middle English barly, barli, from Old English bærlīċ (“barley-like”, adjective) (later referring to barley itself and grain crops of similar appearance), from bere (“barley”) (compare Scots bere (“six-rowed barley”)), from Proto-Germanic *baraz (compare Old Norse barr), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- (“spike, prickle”). Equivalent to bere + -ly. See English brew.

* The village in Hertfordshire is from "Beora's ley," from *Beora + -ley (“clearing, lea”). The former is a personal name from Old English bera (“bear”). * The village in Lancashire is from Old English bar (“boar”) or bere (“barley”) + leah (“clearing”). * As an English surname, from the noun barley. As a south German surname, spelling variant of Behrle, Beerli, themselves related to the noun bear.

Words formed from barley

• barley beer
• barley-bird
• barleybrake
• barley bread
• barley-bree
• barley-broo
• barley-broth
• barley coal
• barleycorn
• barley fork
• barley grass
• barley-hood
• barley itch
• barley jointworm
• barleylike
• barleymeal
• barley midge
• Barley mild mosaic bymovirus
• barley moon
• barleymow
• barley reel
• barley sack
• barley sandwich
• barley scab fungus
• barley scald
• barley smut
• Barley stripe mosaic virus
• barley-sugar
• barley sugar
• barley twist
• barley-water
• barley water
• barley-wine
• barley wine
• barley worm
• Barley yellow striate mosaic virus
• caustic barley
• common barley
• four-rowed barley
• foxtail barley
• Himalayan barley
• hulled barley
• Indian caustic barley
• little barley
• meadow barley
• mouse barley
• nonbarley
• pearl barley
• Scotch barley
• sea barley
• six-rowed barley
• sprat barley
• squirreltail barley
• Tibetan barley
• two-rowed barley
• wall barley
• wild barley

Phrases with barley

• barley beers
• barley coals
• barley moons
• barley reels
• barley sacks
• barley wines
• barley worms
• barley breads
• barley midges
• barley sugars
• barley twists
• barley waters

Words that rhyme with barley

• charlie
• Marley
• Harley
• gnarly
• Arley
• charley
• Carly
• parley

Questions about barley

What does barley mean?

Barley means a cereal of the species Hordeum vulgare or its grains, often used as food or to make beer and other malted drinks.

What is barley in Hindi?

Barley in Hindi is जौ (jau). See Barley meaning in Hindi.

What part of speech is barley?

Barley can be a noun or a proper noun.

How do you pronounce barley?

Barley is pronounced /ˈbɑɹli/ (US).

What is the plural of barley?

The plural of barley is barleys.