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noun
A sweet rice pudding from South Asia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India, North, countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: payasam, phirni
Antonyms: none provided
History
Borrowed from Hindi खीर / Urdu کھیر (khīr, “kheer”) (or a similar Indo-Aryan cognate), from Sanskrit क्षीर (kṣīrá, “milk”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšiHrám.
