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 خیار (xeyâr), and Marathi खिरा (khirā).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

खीरा • (khīrā) m (Urdu spelling کھیرا)

1. cucumber

   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

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