Sorghum bicolor (Common names)

See also:

Common names: Sorghum bicolor (broomcorn)

Names in common use

• English: sorghum; sorgo (sugary types)
• German: Mohrenhirse, Kaffernhirse
• Dutch: kafferkoren, sorghum
• Swedish: durra
• Danish: durra, milo
• Norwegian:
• Icelandic:
  

• French: sorgho; gros mil (Africa)
• Italian: sorgo
• Spanish: sorgo; maicillo (central America)
• Catalan:
• Portuguese: sorgo
• Romanian: mălai, mături
  

• Russian: сорго - sorgo
• Polish: sorgo
• Czech: čirok
• Slovak:
• Bulgarian: сорго - sorgo
• Croatian: sirak
• Serb: сирак
• Slovenian:
  

• Albanian: fshesë (fshesa with the article)
• Greek:
• Turkish: darı, zura, hind darısı
• Hungarian: durra, cirok
• Finnish:
  

Sources and commentaries

• Greek
  • Called popularly in Greece and in Anatolia by Greeks νταρί - dari, λιανοκαλάμποκο - lianokalamboko, καλαμπόκι - kalamboki and αραποσίταρο - arapositaro, according to places. In Tiliria of Crete, it is called τσέργο - tsergo (Gennadios).
• Rumanian
  • Mălai is also a regional name for maize (Borza).