Prakrit[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Sanskrit क्षार (kṣāra).
𑀔𑀸𑀭 (khāra) m (Devanagari खार) (Sauraseni)
- saltiness, alkali
Descendants[edit]
- Hindustani:
- Hindi: खार (khār)
- Urdu: کھار (khār)
References[edit]
- Misra, Bal Govind (1967) Historical Phonology of Modern Standard Hindi: Proto-Indo-European to the Present, Cornell University, page 119