bajra

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English

Etymology 1

From Hindi बाजरा (bājrā). Compare bajri from Gujarati બાજરી (bājrī).

Noun

bajra (uncountable)

  1. (India) Pearl millet (Cenchrus americanus, syn. Pennisetum glaucum).
    • 2023, Radhika Iyengar, Fire on the Ganges, Fourth Estate, page 94:
      When food was scarce, the children would subsist on a lump of jaggery and one bajra roti each.
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Etymology 2

From Hindi बजरा (bajrā).

Noun

bajra (plural bajras)

  1. Alternative form of budgerow.

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Hungarian

Etymology

baj +‎ -ra

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: baj‧ra

Noun

bajra

  1. sublative singular of baj

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वज्र (vajra, “thunderbolt”).

Noun

bajra

  1. thunderbolt
  2. diamond
  3. a kind of weapon

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Descendants

  • → Javanese: ꦧꦿꦗ (braja) (learned)
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