s. f. pl. gájaráṇ, carrot (Daucus carota) cultivated extensively for the root in many parts of the Panjab plains, and towards the west often given to horses, as a strengthening diet. In villages and even in towns men, women and children eat it with great relish. The seeds are officinal, being considered aphrodisiac, and also given in uterine pains:—paháṛí gájar, s. f. Eryngium planum:—múlí gájar, s. f. lit. A radish and a carrot; met. a worthless stuff.