খীৰ

Assamese

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit ক্ষীৰ (kṣīrá), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *kṣiHrám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšiHrám, possibly from the BMAC substrate. Cognate with Bengali খীর (khir, “inspissated milk”), Sinhalese කිරි (kiri), Odia ଖିରା (khirā, “inspissated milk”), Hindi खीर (khīr, “kheer”), Urdu کھیر (khīr, “kheer”), Sinhalese කිරි (kiri, “milk”), Avestan 𐬑𐬱𐬎𐬎𐬌𐬛- (xšuuid-), Northern Kurdish şîr, Persian شیر (šir), Zazaki şıd, şıt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰiɹ/, /xiɹ/

Noun

খীৰ • (khir)

1. condensed milk.

   Synonym: খিৰিসা (khirixa)

2. (obsolete) milk.

   Synonyms: গাখীৰ (gakhir), দুধ (dudh)

Declension

Inflection of খীৰ

	Indefinite forms		Definite forms
			specific		not specific
					regular		formal		very formal
absolutive	খীৰ khir		খীৰখিনি khirkhini		খীৰবোৰ khirbür		খীৰবিলাক khirbilak		খীৰসমূহ khirxomuh
ergative	খীৰে khire		খীৰখিনিয়ে khirkhinie		খীৰবোৰে khirbüre		খীৰবিলাকে khirbilake		খীৰসমূহে khirxomuhe
accusative	খীৰক khirok		খীৰখিনিক khirkhinik		খীৰবোৰক khirbürok		খীৰবিলাকক khirbilakok		খীৰসমূহক khirxomuhok
genitive	খীৰৰ khiror		খীৰখিনিৰ khirkhinir		খীৰবোৰৰ khirbüror		খীৰবিলাকৰ khirbilakor		খীৰসমূহৰ khirxomuhor
dative	খীৰলৈ khiroloi		খীৰখিনিলৈ khirkhiniloi		খীৰবোৰলৈ khirbüroloi		খীৰবিলাকলৈ khirbilakoloi		খীৰসমূহলৈ khirxomuholoi
instrumental	খীৰেৰে khirere		খীৰখিনিৰে khirkhinire		খীৰবোৰেৰে khirbürere		খীৰবিলাকেৰে khirbilakere		খীৰসমূহেৰে khirxomuhere
locative	খীৰত khirot		খীৰখিনিত khirkhinit		খীৰবোৰত khirbürot		খীৰবিলাকত khirbilakot		খীৰসমূহত khirxomuhot
Accusative Note: -অক (-ok) is used for animate sense and for emphasis. No case marking otherwise. Dative Note 1: Some speakers use -অলৈ (-oloi)'s variant -অলে (-ole) instead. Dative Note 2: For direct objects -অক (-ok) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Dative Note 3: In some dialects -অক (-ok) or -অত (-ot) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Instrumental Note 1: Alternatively -এদি (-edi) marks this case instead of -এৰে (-ere). Instrumental Note 2: Sometimes -এ (-e) marks this case. Locative Note: The locative suffix is -এ (-e) in some cases.

Derived terms

• খীৰতী (khiroti)
• খীৰা (khira)
• গাখীৰ (gakhir)

 

Early Assamese

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit ক্ষীৰ (kṣīrá), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *kṣiHrám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšiHrám, possibly from the BMAC substrate.

Noun

খীৰ (khīro)

1. milk.

   Synonyms: গাখীৰ (gakhir), দুধ (dudh)

   • 15th-16th century, Sankardeva, Saptakanda Ramayana Uttara Kanda:

     ঘন ক্ষীৰ, ক্ষীৰিচা, খাইলন্ত লাগে মানে ।
     নধৰয় পেট পিঠা পনা পৰমানে ॥

     ghono kṣīro, kṣīrica, khailonto lage mane ,
     nodhoroyo peṭo piṭha pona poromane .

     They ate condensed milk as much as they wanted,
     they ate so much pithas, sweets that their stomach became full.

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• খীৰিসা (khīrisa)