خمیر

See also: حمير

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَمِير (ḵamīr, leavened dough) from the native Semitic root خ م ر (ḵ m r).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? xamīr
Dari reading? xamīr
Iranian reading? xamir
Tajik reading? xamir

Noun

Dari خمیر
Iranian Persian
Tajik хамир

خمیر • (xamir)

  1. dough
  2. paste

Derived terms

  • خمیرمایه (xamir-mâye, leaven, yeast)
  • خمیراک (xamirâk, pasta)
  • خمیربرگ (xamir-barg, lasagna)

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: xəmir
  • Bashkir: ҡамыр (qamır)
  • Crimean Tatar: qamır
  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: ख़मीर (xamīr), खमीर (khamīr)nuqtaless
    Urdu: خمیر (xamīr)
  • Kazakh: қамыр (qamyr)
  • Malay: khamir
  • Ottoman Turkish: خامور (hamur), خمور (hamur), խամիր (hamir), խամուր (hamur), համուր (hamur)Armeno-Turkish
    • > Turkish: hamur (inherited)
  • Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਖ਼ਮੀਰ (xamīr), ਖਮੀਰ (khamīr) (nuqtaless)
    Arabic script: خمیر (xamīr)
  • Romani: xamur
  • Sylheti: ꠇꠣꠁ (xai)
  • Turkmen: hamyr
  • Uyghur: خېمىر (xëmir)
  • Uzbek: xamir

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خمیر (xamīr), from Arabic خَمِير (ḵamīr).

Noun

خمیر • (xamīrm (Hindi spelling ख़मीर)

  1. leaven, yeast

Derived terms

  • خمیر اٹھنا (xamīr uṭhanā)