dhan
9.9
Rice plants or rice that still has a dry outer covering
- noun
- Indian
:
arroz
- After drying the dhan, the villagers prepared it for milling into rice.
Examples
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Heavy rains threatened to damage the dhan still standing in the fields.
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Many villagers depend on dhan for their livelihood.
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The farmers stored the harvested dhan in large sacks before processing.
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The farmer harvested the dhan in the early morning.
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The farmers stored the harvested dhan in large sacks before processing.
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Heavy rains threatened to damage the dhan still standing in the fields.
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After drying the dhan, the villagers prepared it for milling into rice.
Synonyms
cultivated rice
vsdhan
2.2
A type of rice grown as a main food for many people
is a South Asian name for the plants or unhusked grain
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dhan for rice comes from an old Indian word dhanya meaning 'grain' or 'rice', and it was used for the standing plants and the unhusked crop. So calling the crop dhan is simply naming it 'the grain' people harvest.
