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)
Declension
| 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, 2025
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “kṣīraka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 192