খীৰ

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Assamese

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit ক্ষীৰ (kṣīrá), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *kṣiHrám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšiHrám, possibly from the BMAC substrate. Cognate with Bengali খীর (khir, inspissated milk), Sinhalese කිරි (kiri), Odia ଖିରା (khirā, inspissated milk), Hindi खीर (khīr, kheer), Urdu کھیر (khīr, kheer), Sinhalese කිරි (kiri, milk), Avestan 𐬑𐬱𐬎𐬎𐬌𐬛- (xšuuid-), Northern Kurdish şîr, Persian شیر (šir), Zazaki şıd, şıt.

Pronunciation

Noun

খীৰ (khir)

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

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Early Assamese

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit ক্ষীৰ (kṣīrá), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *kṣiHrám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšiHrám, possibly from the BMAC substrate.

Noun

খীৰ (khīro)

  1. milk.
    Synonyms: গাখীৰ (gakhir), দুধ (dudh)
    • 15th-16th century, Sankardeva, Saptakanda Ramayana Uttara Kanda:
      ঘন ক্ষীৰ, ক্ষীৰিচা, খাইলন্ত লাগে মানে ।
      নধৰয় পেট পিঠা পনা পৰমানে ॥
      ghono kṣīro, kṣīrica, khailonto lage mane ,
      nodhoroyo peṭo piṭha pona poromane .
      They ate condensed milk as much as they wanted,
      they ate so much pithas, sweets that their stomach became full.

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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