ਖੀਰਾ

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit क्षीरक (kṣīraka). Cognates include Bengali খিরা (khira), Gujarati ખીરું (khīrũ), Hindustani کِھیرا / खीरा (khīrā), Persian خیار (xeyâr), and Marathi खिरा (khirā).

Pronunciation

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Noun

ਖੀਰਾ • (khīrā) m (Shahmukhi spelling کھیرا)

1. cucumber

Declension

Declension of ਖੀਰਾ

	singular	plural
direct	ਖੀਰਾ (khīrā)	ਖੀਰੇ (khīre)
oblique	ਖੀਰੇ (khīre)	ਖੀਰਿਆਂ (khīriā̃)
vocative	ਖੀਰਿਆ (khīriā)	ਖੀਰਿਓ (khīrio)
ablative	ਖੀਰਿਓਂ (khīriõ)	—
locative	ਖੀਰੇ (khīre)	—
instrumental	ਖੀਰੇ (khīre)	—

Further reading

• “ਖੀਰਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “kṣīraka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 192