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Persian · noun (m.) · Everyday Life

Gandum

गंदुम
said gan-DUM
also written: Gandam
Meaning

Wheat; in Persianate lore, the grain of Adam's fall.

See it in the verse

Gandum in Iqbal’s couplets

Jis khet se dehqan ko muyassar nahin rozi
Us khet ke har khosha-e-gandum ko jala do
The field that does not yield its farmer even his daily bread — burn every ear of wheat in that field.
Justice · Courage
Related words
SANSKRIT

Gehoon

Wheat.

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