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kharif|kæˈriːf|
[(Hind. a.) Arab. ḵarif gathered, autumn, harvest, autumnal rain.]
1. In India, the autumn crop, sown at the beginning of the summer rains.
1845Encycl. Metrop. XXIII. 785/1 [Hindustan's] harvests..are equally profitable both in Spring (rabí) and Autumn (kharíf). 1882W. W. Hunter Indian Empire 385 The kharíf or autumn harvest. 1886A. H. Church Food-Grains India 99 Where indigo is grown in the kharif, barley is its usual accompaniment in the rabi. 1911Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 610/2 The kharif, or autumn crops, sown in June and reaped in October or November. 1969Pioneer (Lucknow) 13 Aug. 2/3 There has been no kharif sowing in about 2,000 villages in Western Rajasthan due to failure of monsoon this year, according to official sources here. 1975Bangladesh Observer 22 July 5/4 In spite of improved irrigation facilities most areas of India are dependent on rainfall for cultivation. Timely and adequate rainfall is essential for good kharif crops.
2. Also khareef. The rainy season in the Sudan.
1920Blackw. Mag. Nov. 668/1 The gazelle here do not drink from khareef to khareef, a period of very nearly ten months. 1951R. A. Hodgkin Sudan Geogr. ii. 10 If we plant a grass seed and a tree seed at the beginning of the kharif in a semi-desert they will both start to grow during the months of rain. Ibid. vi. 61 If there is..enough rain during..the kharif, there will be a good crop. 1961L. D. Stamp Gloss. Geogr. Terms 280/1 Kharif, applied to the rainy season in the northern Sudan. |