خیار

See also: خيار‎

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭧𐭩𐭠𐭥‎ (xyār). Cognate to Sanskrit क्षीरक (kṣīraka).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /xijɑːɾ/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /xijɒːɾ/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /xijɒːɾ/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /xijɔːɾ/

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• Rhymes: -âr

Noun

Dari	خیار
Iranian Persian
Tajik	хиёр (xiyor)

خیار • (xiyâr)

1. cucumber

Descendants

• → Amharic: ኪያር (kiyar)
• → Arabic: خِيَار‎ (ḵiyār)
  • Gulf Arabic: خيار‎ (ḵyār)
• → Azerbaijani: xiyar
• → Bashkir: ҡыяр (qıyar)
• → Chuvash: хӑяр (hăjar)
• → Kalmyk: хаяр (hayar)
• → Karakalpak: qıyar
• → Kazakh: қияр (qiär)
• → Kumyk: хыяр (xıyar)
• → Maltese: ħjara
• → Middle Armenian: խիար (xiar)
  • Armenian: խիար (xiar)
• → Moksha: куяр (kujar)
• → Ottoman Turkish: خیار‎ (hıyar)

  Turkish: hıyar

• → Tatar: кыяр (qıyar)
• → Turkmen: hyýar
• → Udmurt: кияр (kijar)

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Southern Kurdish

Noun

خیار (xiyar)

1. cucumber