shayiri

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic شَعِير‎ (šaʿīr).

Noun

shayiri (n class, plural shayiri)

  1. barley

See also
  • (Cereals) nafaka; shayiri (“barley”), mfonio (“fonio”), muhindi (“maize”) or mhindi, ulezi (“millet”), oti (“oats”), mchele (“husked rice”) or mpunga (“unhusked rice”) or wali (“cooked rice”), ngano nyekundu (“rye”), mtama (“sorghum”) or jaddi, [Term?] (“triticale”), ngano (“wheat”) (Category: sw:Grains) [edit]
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