खारी

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /kʰɑː.ɾiː/, [kʰäː.ɾiː]

Adjective

खारी • (khārī)

1. Feminine form of खारा

Noun

खारी • (khārī) f

1. A savoury flaky pastry topped with spices

Usage notes

Often referred to as a बिस्कुट, but unlike either BrE or AmE biscuits:

• In North America, a biscuit is a small, soft baked bread similar to a scone but not sweet. In some cases, it can be hard (see dog biscuit). In the United Kingdom, a biscuit is a small, crisp or firm, sweet baked good — the sort of thing which in North America is called a cookie. (Less frequently, British speakers refer to crackers as biscuits.) In North America, even small, layered baked sweets like Oreos are referred to as cookies, while in the UK, typically only those biscuits which have chocolate chips, nuts, fruit, or other things baked into them are also called cookies.
• Throughout the English-speaking world, thin, crispy, salty or savoury baked breads like in this image (saltine crackers) are called crackers, while thin, crispy, sweet baked goods like in this image (Nilla Wafers) and this image (wafer sticks) are wafers.
• Both the US and the UK distinguish crackers, wafers and cookies/biscuits from cakes: the former are generally hard or crisp and become soft when stale, while the latter is generally soft or moist and becomes hard when stale.

Declension

Declension of खारी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	खारी khārī	खारियाँ khāriyā̃
oblique	खारी khārī	खारियों khāriyõ
vocative	खारी khārī	खारियो khāriyo