"muhindi" meaning in Swahili

See muhindi in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-muhindi.flac Forms: mihindi [plural]
Etymology: From Arabic هِنْدِيّ (hindiyy, “Indian”). Etymology templates: {{der|sw|ar|هِنْدِيّ||Indian}} Arabic هِنْدِيّ (hindiyy, “Indian”) Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} muhindi, {{sw-noun|mi}} muhindi (m-mi class, plural mihindi)
  1. corn; maize (plant) Tags: class-3, class-4 Categories (topical): Foods Categories (lifeform): Plants Synonyms: mhindi Related terms: mahindi (english: maize (grain))
    Sense id: en-muhindi-sw-noun-W~lR1ayr Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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