Hordeum jinsin tsire-tsire ne a cikin dangin ciyawa, wanda ya ƙunshi nau'ikan hatsi iri-iri kamar sha'ir. Ita kanta kalmar "Hordeum" ta samo asali ne daga kalmar Latin don sha'ir, wanda shine "hordeum vulgare". Saboda haka, ma'anar ƙamus na kalmar "Hordeum" yawanci tana nufin wannan nau'in tsiro ko hatsin sha'ir musamman.
