Etymology

kheer

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Today it means: A sweet rice pudding from South Asia. Full definition →

Hindi खीर ← Urdu کھیر ← Indo-Aryan
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-Iranian · derived from*kšiHrám
  2. Sanskrit · derived fromक्षीर“milk”
  3. Indo-Aryan · borrowed from
  4. Urdu · borrowed fromکھیر“kheer”
  5. Hindi · borrowed fromखीर
  6. English todaykheer

Borrowed from Hindi खीर / Urdu کھیر (khīr, “kheer”) (or a similar Indo-Aryan cognate), from Sanskrit क्षीर (kṣīrá, “milk”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšiHrám.

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