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millet meaning in Sanskrit

दूर्वा dū́rvā

/ˈmɪlɪt/US/ˈmɪlət/

millet in Sanskrit: दूर्वा (dū́rvā). In English, millet means any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food, widely cultivated in the developing world.

Sanskrit words for millet

millet
दूर्वा dū́rvā

English meaning of millet

  1. noun Any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food, widely cultivated in the developing world.
  2. noun Common millet, in particular of species Panicum miliaceum.
  3. noun A semi-autonomous confessional community under the Ottoman Empire, especially a non-Muslim one.

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Questions about millet in Sanskrit

What is the meaning of millet in Sanskrit?
Millet in Sanskrit is दूर्वा (dū́rvā).
millet इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
Millet: दूर्वा (dū́rvā).
What does millet mean in English?
Millet means any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food, widely cultivated in the developing world.

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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “millet”: दूर्वा. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: millet (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Sanskrit words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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