Indian rice pudding, often eaten as a dessert; kheer
çekim: çoğul खीरें
köken: Etymology tree Prakrit 𑀔𑀻𑀭 (khīra) Hindi खीर Inherited from Prakrit 𑀔𑀻𑀭 (khīra). Compare Pali khīra, Bengali খির (khir), Assamese খীৰ (khir). Doublet of शीर (śīr), a borrowing from Persian.
Any Indian pudding, often eaten as a dessert; kheer
köken: From Sanskrit क्षीर (kṣīra), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *kṣiHrám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšiHrám, possibly from the BMAC substrate. Cognate with Assamese গাখীৰ (gakhir, “milk”), Gujarati ખીર (khīr), Hindi खीर (khīr), Nepali खीर (khīra), Pali khīra.