खैर

See also: खर, खरा, खरी, खरे, खार, खारा, खीर, खीरा, ख़ैर, and खैरो

Hindi

Etymology

Sanskrit खदिर (khadira).

Noun

खैर • (khair) m

1. Senegalia catechu (species of plant)
2. catechu (extract of this plant)

Declension

Declension of खैर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	खैर khair	खैर khair
oblique	खैर khair	खैरों khairõ
vocative	खैर khair	खैरो khairo

Descendants

• → English: khair

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “खैर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 244