खील

Hindi

Etymology

From खिलना (khilnā, “to swell”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /kʰiːl/

Noun

खील • (khīl) f

1. puffed rice

Declension

Declension of खील (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	खील khīl	खीलें khīlẽ
oblique	खील khīl	खीलों khīlõ
vocative	खील khīl	खीलो khīlo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “खील”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Colin P. Masica (1979) “Aryan and non-Aryan elements in North Indian agriculture”, in M. Deshpande and P. E. Hook, editors, Aryan and Non-Aryan in India‎^[1], Ann Arbor: Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of Michigan, pages 55–151