खीरा

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

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit क्षीरक (kṣīraka). Cognate to Persian خیار (xeyâr)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

खीरा • (khīrā) m (Urdu spelling کھیرا)

1. cucumber

   Synonym: ककड़ी (kakṛī)

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