jawar

J8A1W4A1R1

noun

Sorghum, Indian millet (Sorghum bicolor).

OriginHindi जवार →
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Meanings

nounjawar (usually uncountable, plural jawars)

plural jawars · alternative jawari · alternative jooar · alternative jowar · alternative jowari · alternative juari · alternative jowarry · alternative jowaur · alternative jowarree · alternative juarree

  1. IndiauncountableusuallySorghum, 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

Origin

  1. Hindiजवार
  2. Englishjawar

From Hindi जवार (javār).

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APA

jawar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jawar

MLA

“jawar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jawar. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jawar,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jawar.

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