kharif
/kaˈriːf
/noun [mass noun]
(In South Asia) the autumn crop sown at the beginning of the summer rains.The area under sugarcane in the current kharif season has increased by 336,000 ha to 4.085 million ha as compared with 3.749 million ha in the previous year....
- He pointed out that he had never seen such a situation where in the month of July, a crucial period for kharif crops, the rains failed absolutely in Punjab.
- He said the delay in monsoon had adversely affected all kharif crops, particularly bajra.
Origin
Persian and Urdu, from Arabic ḵarīf 'autumn, autumnal rain'.
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