Sorghum bicolor (Common names)
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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).