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单词 ragi
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ragin.

Brit. /ˈraɡi/, /ˈrɑːɡi/, U.S. /ˈræɡi/, /ˈrɑɡi/
Forms: 1700s– raggee, 1700s– raggy, 1800s– ragee, 1800s– raggi, 1800s– ragi, 1900s– ragghee, 1900s– rhahi, 1900s– ruggy.
Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Dakhini. Or (ii) a borrowing from a Dravidian language. Etymon: Dakhini rāgī.
Etymology: < Dakhini rāgī or its etymon in a Dravidian language (compare e.g. Telugu rāgi).
Chiefly South Asian.
Finger millet ( Eleusine coracana) as grown as a food crop in India, where it is typically ground into flour and eaten as bread or as a kind of paste.
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1788 W. Thomson Mem. Late War Asia II. 179 Abdull Russel..was sent to Arneé and thrown into heavy irons, on three cash per day, and one sear of raggee.
1792 J. Bristow Sufferings of James Bristow 65 Tippoo has a Granary..which contains all sorts of grain produced in the country, consisting chiefly of rice and raggy, with ghee, oil, sugar, and spices of different kinds.
1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Misc. Tracts 178/2 A small quantity of dry grain, such as raggy and Indian corn.
1855 J. Walker Gazetteer Southern India 461 The diet of the cultivating and poorer classes is of cholum, raggi, millet, and other dry grains.
1889 Daily News 3 July 4/8 The prices of rice and ragi are still rising.
1952 A. F. Hill Econ. Bot. (ed. 2) xv. 330 Ragi has an exceedingly heavy yield, sometimes as much as 1500 lb. to the acre.
2004 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 3 June e1/4 The Karnataka's culinary culture of the South revolves around three staple items—rice, ragi and jowar.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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