خمیر

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See also: حمير

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَمِير (ḵamīr, “leavened dough”) from the native Semitic root خ م ر (ḵ m r).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /xa.ˈmiːɾ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key):
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key):
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key):

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key):

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key):

Readings
Classical reading^?	xamīr
Dari reading^?	xamīr
Iranian reading^?	xamir
Tajik reading^?	xamir

Noun


Iranian Persian	خمیر
Dari	خمیر
Tajik	хамир

خمیر • (xamir)

dough
paste

Derived terms

خمیرمایه (xamir-mâye, “leaven, yeast”)
خمیراک (xamirâk, “pasta”)
خمیربرگ (xamir-barg, “lasagna”)

Descendants

→ Romani: xamur
→ Azerbaijani: xəmir
→ Bashkir: ҡамыр (qamır)
→ Crimean Tatar: qamır
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: ख़मीर (xamīr)

Urdu: خمیر (xamīr)
→ Kazakh: қамыр (qamyr)
→ Malay: khamir
- Indonesian: khamir
→ Ottoman Turkish: خامور
- Turkish: hamur
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਖਮੀਰ (khamīr)

Arabic script: خمیر (xamīr)
→ Sylheti: ꠇꠣꠁ (xai)
→ Turkmen: hamyr
→ Uyghur: خېمىر (xëmir)
→ Uzbek: xamir

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (xamīr), from Arabic خَمِير (ḵamīr).

Noun

خمیر • (xamīr) m (Hindi spelling ख़मीर)

leaven, yeast

Derived terms

خمیر اٹھنا (xamīr uṭhanā)

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