The story
- Middle Persian · derived from𐭧𐭩𐭠𐭥
- Persian · borrowed fromخیار“cucumber”
- English todaykheera
From Persian خیار (xiyâr, “cucumber”), derived from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭩𐭠𐭥 (xyār). Cognate to Sanskrit क्षीरक (kṣīraka).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.