خمیر

See also: حمير

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic خَمِير (ḵamīr, “leavened dough”) from the native Semitic root خ م ر (ḵ-m-r).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xa.ˈmiːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xä.míːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xä.míːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xä.míːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xä.míɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xæ.míːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χä.míɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	xamīr
Dari reading?	xamīr
Iranian reading?	xamir
Tajik reading?	xamir

Noun

Dari	خمیر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	хамир

خمیر • (xamir)

1. dough
2. paste

Derived terms

• خمیرمایه (xamirmâye)

Descendants

• → Romani: xamur
• → Azerbaijani: xəmir
• → Bashkir: ҡамыр (qamır)
• → Crimean Tatar: qamır
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: ख़मीर (xamīr)

  Urdu: خمیر (xamīr)

• → Kazakh: қамыр (qamyr)
• → Ottoman Turkish: خامور
  • Turkish: hamur
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਖਮੀਰ (khamīr)

  Arabic script: خمیر (xamīr)

• → Turkmen: hamyr
• → Uyghur: خېمىر (xëmir)
• → Uzbek: xamir

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خمیر (xamīr), from Arabic خَمِير (ḵamīr).

Noun

خمیر • (xamīr) m (Hindi spelling ख़मीर)

1. leaven, yeast

Derived terms

• خمیر اٹھنا (xamīr uṭhanā)