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