खीरा

See also: खैरो, खरा, खरी, खीर, ख़ैर, and खर

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit क्षीरक (kṣīraka). Cognate to Persian ‎

Noun

खीरा • (khīrā) m (Urdu spelling کھیرا‎)

cucumber
Synonym: ककड़ी (kakṛī)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “खीरा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “kṣīraka (3697)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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