different between agricultural vs jird

English

Etymology

agriculture +? -al

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?æ????k?ltj????l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?æ????k?lt?????l/

Adjective

agricultural (comparative more agricultural, superlative most agricultural)

1. Of or pertaining to agriculture

2. (cricket) As if played with a scythe

Derived terms

• agriculturally

Related terms

Translations

Noun

agricultural (plural agriculturals)

1. A product or commodity from agriculture.
   • 2008, Adam Dunsby, John Eckstein, Jess Gaspar, Commodity Investing

     In what follows we divide commodities into three group—energy, metals, and agriculturals—and use equity indexes that are sensible for each commodity group.

French

Adjective

agricultural (feminine singular agriculturale, masculine plural agriculturaux, feminine plural agriculturales)

1. agricultural

Derived terms

• agriculturalement

Portuguese

Etymology

From agricultura +? -al.

Pronunciation

Adjective

agricultural m or f (plural agriculturais, comparable)

1. agricultural (relating to agriculture)

   Synonym: (more common) agrícola

English

Etymology

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Probably from Arabic ?????? (jura?, “a desert rodent with black tail tips, like many species in the genus Meriones”) in a vulgar pronunciation.

Noun

jird (plural jirds)

1. Any of various agricultural pest rodents of genus Meriones and rodents of certain species in the genera Sekeetamys, Brachiones, and sometimes Pachyuromys.

Translations

See also

• gerbil
• jerboa