খীৰ

Assamese

Etymology

From Sanskrit क्षीर (kṣīra) from Proto-Indo-European *swēyd- (milk). Cognate with Bengali খীর (khīr, inpissated milk), Sinhalese කිරි (kiri), Oriya ଖିରା (khira, inpissated milk), Hindi खीर (khīr, kheer), Urdu کھیر (khīr, kheer), Sinhalese කිරි (kiri, milk), Avestan 𐬑𐬱𐬎𐬎𐬌𐬛- (xšuuid-), Kurdish şîr, Persian شیر (šir), Zazaki şid, şit.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰiɹ/, /xiɹ/

Noun

খীৰ (khir)

  1. condensed milk
    Synonym: খিৰিসা (khirixa)
  2. milk (obsolete)
    Synonyms: গাখীৰ (gakhir), দুধ (dudh)

Declension

Derived terms

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