خمیر

See also: حمير

Persian

Etymology

From Aramaic חֲמִירָא (ḥămīrā, “leavened dough”) or Arabic خَمِير (ḵamīr, “leavened dough”) from the native Semitic root خ م ر (ḵ-m-r).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [xæˈmiːɾ]

Noun

Dari	خمیر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	хамир

خمیر • (xamir)

1. dough
2. paste

Derived terms

• خمیرمایه (xamirmâye)

Descendants

• Azerbaijani: xəmir
• Bashkir: ҡамыр (qamır)
• Crimean Tatar: qamır
• Kazakh: қамыр (qamyr)
• Turkish: hamur
• Turkmen: hamyr
• Uzbek: xamir

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Urdu

Etymology

From Persian خمیر (xamir).

Noun

خمیر • (xamīr) m (Hindi spelling ख़मीर)

1. leaven, yeast

Derived terms

• خمیر اٹھنا (xamīr uṭhanā)