jawar

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English

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Etymology

From Hindi जवार (javār).

Noun

jawar (usually uncountable, plural jawars)

  1. (India) Sorghum, Indian millet (Sorghum bicolor).
    • 2023, Radhika Iyengar, Fire on the Ganges, Fourth Estate, page 93:
      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.