ਖੀਰਾ
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Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit क्षीरक (kṣīraka). Cognates include Bengali খিরা (khira), Gujarati ખીરું (khīrũ), Hindustani کِھیرا / खीरा (khīrā), Persian خیار (xeyâr), and Marathi खिरा (khirā).
Pronunciation
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Noun
ਖੀਰਾ • (khīrā) m (Shahmukhi spelling کھیرا)
Further reading
- “ਖੀਰਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kṣīraka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 192