c̣hiír

Palula

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšiHrám

Proto-Indo-Aryan *kṣiHrám

Sanskrit क्षीर (kṣīra)

Palula c̣hiír

Inherited from Sanskrit क्षीर (kṣīra, “milk, thickened milk”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʈʂʰiír/

Noun

c̣hiír m (Perso-Arabic spelling ڇِھیر)

milk

Declension

Declension of *c̣hiír* (a-decl w/ accent shift)
	singular	plural
nominative	c̣hiír	c̣hiirá
oblique	c̣hiirá	c̣hiiróom

Derived terms

c̣hiirgúlum (“nipple”)
c̣híiri (“udder”)

References

Henrik Liljegren; Naseem Haider (2011), “c̣hiír”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “kṣīrá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 192