English
kheer
Kheer comes from Hindi खीर ‘Indian rice pudding, often eaten as a dessert’, from Sanskrit क्षीर ‘milk’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšiHrám.
- Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*kšiHrám‘milk’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Aryanprehistoric (reconstructed)*kṣiHrámreconstructed
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEक्षीरkṣīrá‘milk’
- Urdumodernکھیرkhīr
- Hindic. 1500–presentखीर-‘Indian rice pudding, often eaten as a dessert’
- Englishearliest quotation 2016kheer
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*kšiHrám‘milk’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Aryanprehistoric (reconstructed)*kṣiHrámreconstructed
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEक्षीरkṣīrá‘milk’
- Urdumodernکھیرkhīr
- Hindic. 1500–presentखीर-‘Indian rice pudding, often eaten as a dessert’
- Englishearliest quotation 2016kheer
Earliest quotation: 2016, Nandita Ravi, Fast and feast responsibly this Ramadan!: “Sizzling kebabs, delicious kheer and the ever popular haleem…”
Every English word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšiHrám
Today it means
noun A sweet rice pudding from South Asia.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšiHrám / kheer