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‖ jowar, jawar E. Ind.|dʒaʊˈɑː(r)|
Also joar, jooar, juar.
[Hindī jawār.]
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1800Asiatic Ann. Reg., Misc. Tr. 289/2 In the Khereef they have a good deal of rice, also Jooar (Holcus Sorghum). 1884Health Exhib. Catal. p. xliii, Samples of bajra and jowar. 1886A. H. Church Food Grains Ind. 85 Joár is one of the most important rainy-season crops of India. 1900Blackw. Mag. May 640/2, I happened to be perched on a muchan in the middle of a jawar field. |