बाजरा

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀩𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀭 (*bajjara), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀩𑀸𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀭 (*bājjara).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bɑːd͡ʒ.ɾɑː/, [bäːd͡ʒ.ɾäː]

Noun

बाजरा • (bājrā) m (Urdu spelling باجرا or باجرہ)

1. pearl millet, Pennisetum glaucum

   Synonym: बजड़ी (bajṛī)

Declension

Declension of बाजरा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	बाजरा bājrā	बाजरे bājre
oblique	बाजरे bājre	बाजरों bājrõ
vocative	बाजरे bājre	बाजरो bājro

Descendants

• → English: bajra

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बाजरा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*bājjara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Colin P. Masica (1979) “Aryan and non-Aryan elements in North Indian agriculture”, in M. Deshpande and P. E. Hook, editors, Aryan and Non-Aryan in India‎^[1], Ann Arbor: Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of Michigan, pages 55–151