खीरा

See also: खैरो, खरा, खरी, खीर, ख़ैर, and खर

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit क्षीरक (kṣīraka). Cognates include Bengali খিরা (khira), Gujarati ખીરું (khīrũ), Persian (xeyâr), and Marathi खिरा (khirā).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /kʰiː.ɾɑː/, [kʰiː.ɾäː]

Noun

खीरा • (khīrā) m (Urdu spelling کھیرا)

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Synonym: ककड़ी (kakṛī)

Declension

Declension of *खीरा* (masc ā-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	खीरा khīrā	खीरे khīre
oblique	खीरे khīre	खीरों khīrõ
vocative	खीरे khīre	खीरो khīro

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “खीरा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kṣīraka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

khīrā (Latin script)
𑀔𑀻𑀭𑀸 (Brahmi script)
খীরা (Bengali script)
ඛීරා (Sinhalese script)
ခီရာ or ခဳရာ or ၶီရႃ (Burmese script)
ขีรา (Thai script)
ᨡᩦᩁᩣ (Tai Tham script)
ຂີຣາ (Lao script)
ខីរា (Khmer script)
𑄈𑄩𑄢𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

खीरा

Devanagari script form of khīrā, which is ablative singular of खीर (khīra, “milk”)