Pearl millet, a type of grain crop widely grown in India and Africa for food and animal feed.
From Hindi bājarā or Marathi bhajrī, possibly from Sanskrit bhagara. The grain has been cultivated in South Asia for thousands of years and remains a staple crop.
Bajra feeds hundreds of millions of people across Africa and Asia, yet most English speakers have never heard of it—a reminder that English grain names like 'wheat' represent only a fraction of global food crops.
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