کھیر

Saraiki

کھیر

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀔𑀻𑀭 (khīra)، from Sanskrit क्षीर (kṣīra), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšiHrám (“milk”). Cognate with Assamese খীৰ (khir), Bengali ক্ষীর (khir), Hindustani खीर (khīr) / کھیر (kher), Persian شیر, Sindhi کير.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰiːɾ/

Noun

کِھیْر (khiīr) m (Devanagari खीर)

1. milk

References

• “کھیر”, in Dictionary of the Jatki Or Western Panjábi Language, United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis, 2019 (originally published in 1900), →ISBN, page 245