خیار

See also: خيار

Khalaj

Noun

خِیار (xiyâr) (definite accusative خِیارؽ, plural خِیارلار)

1. Arabic spelling of xiyâr (“cucumber”)

Declension

Declension of خیار

	singular	plural
nominative	خیار	خیارلار
genitive	خیارؽݧ	خیارلارؽݧ
dative	خیارقا	خیارلارقا
definite accusative	خیارؽ	خیارلارؽ
locative	خیارچا	خیارلارچا
ablative	خیاردا	خیارلاردا
instrumental	خیارلا	خیارلارلا
equative	خیاروارا	خیارلاروارا

Persian

Alternative forms

• خیال (xiyâl) (dialectal, Isfahan, Mashhad)
• خیر (xayr) (dialectal, Gardez, Fayzabad)

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭧𐭩𐭠𐭥 (xyār). Cognate to Sanskrit क्षीरक (kṣīraka).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xi.ˈjɑːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xi.jɑ́ːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xi.jɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xi.jɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xi.jɔ́ːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xi.jɒ́ːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χi.jɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	xiyār
Dari reading?	xiyār
Iranian reading?	xiyâr
Tajik reading?	xiyor

• Audio (Iran):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːr

Noun

Dari	خیار
Iranian Persian
Tajik	хиёр

خیار • (xiyâr)

1. cucumber

Derived terms

• خیارشور (xiyâr-šur, “pickle, gherkin”)

Descendants

• → Amharic: ኪያር (kiyar)
• → Arabic: خِيَار (ḵiyār)
  • Gulf Arabic: خيار (ḵyār)
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟ݂ܝܵܪܵܐ (ḵyārā)
• → Azerbaijani: xiyar
• → Bashkir: ҡыяр (qıyar)
• → Chuvash: хӑяр (hăjar)
• → Gujarati: ખિયાર (khiyār)
• → Kalmyk: хаяр (xayar)
• → Karakalpak: qıyar
• → Kazakh: қияр (qiär)
• → Khalaj: xiyâr
• → Kumyk: хыяр (xıyar)
• → Maltese: ħjara
• → Middle Armenian: խիար (xiar)
  • Armenian: խիար (xiar)
• → Moksha: куяр (kujär)
• → Ottoman Turkish: خیار (hıyar)

  Turkish: hıyar

• → Tatar: кыяр (qıyar)
• → Turkmen: hyýar
• → Udmurt: кияр (kijar)

Southern Kurdish

Noun

خیار (xiyar)

1. cucumber