Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jawar

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.23 in modern English

Syllables: jawar
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Sorghum, Indian millet (Sorghum bicolor).

Indian usage; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From Hindi जवार (javār).

Origin

Source language: Hindi

Word Breakdown

Root: जवार

Usage

Inflected Forms

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

Questions

What does jawar mean?: Sorghum, Indian millet (Sorghum bicolor).
Where does jawar come from?: It is traced to Hindi.

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