The story
- Classical Persian · derived fromپَنِیر
- Hindustani · borrowed from
- English todaypaneer
Borrowed from Hindustani پَنِیر / पनीर (panīr), from Classical Persian پَنِیر (panīr). Sometimes pronounced as /pæˈnɪə(r)/, /pɑːˈnɪə(r)/ (pseudo-Gallicism).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.