खीर (khiir)
noun
A sweet rice pudding, one of the most beloved festive desserts across North India; single sense, single POS.
Sense
1
:
sweet rice pudding made with milk
noun, feminine
Synonyms: चावल की खीर (chaaval kii khiir, full/specific name)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: खीर (khiir) is the dessert of festivals and satisfying endings -- served at Diwali, on birthdays, after a puja, or as the finishing course at a family dinner when someone says मीठा हो जाए (miithaa ho jaae, 'let's have something sweet'). Every household has its own ratio of milk, sugar, and cardamom, and a grandmother's खीर (khiir) recipe is often a small point of family pride.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes assume खीर (khiir) is always rice-based; it can also be made with vermicelli (सेवई, sevaii) or sago (साबूदाना, saaboodaanaa), though the rice version is the default reference. 2) Do not confuse with खिचड़ी (khichdii), a savory rice-lentil dish -- the two sound similar to new learners but are opposites in flavor (sweet vs. savory).
Sample Sentences:
दिवाली पर माँ हमेशा खीर बनाती है।
On Diwali, Mom always makes kheer.
(divaalii par maan hameshaa khiir banaatii hai।)
दादी की खीर में इलायची की खुशबू बहुत अच्छी लगती है।
The smell of cardamom in grandma's kheer is wonderful.
(daadii kii khiir men ilaaychii kii khushboo bahut achchhii lagtii hai।)
पूजा के बाद सबने खीर का प्रसाद खाया।
After the puja, everyone ate kheer as prasad.
(poojaa ke baad sabne khiir kaa prasaad khaayaa।)
खाना खत्म हो गया, चलो अब मीठा हो जाए, खीर बना लेते हैं।
Dinner's done, let's have something sweet now, let's make some kheer.
(khaanaa khatm ho gayaa, chalo ab miithaa ho jaae, khiir banaa lete hain।)
अगर तुम्हारा जन्मदिन आज होता तो हम खीर बनाते।
If your birthday were today, we would make kheer.
(agar tumhaaraa janmdin aaj hotaa to ham khiir banaate।)
रसोई में खीर पक रही है, पूरे घर में महक फैल गई है।
The kheer is cooking in the kitchen, and the fragrance has spread through the whole house.
(rasoii men khiir pak rahii hai, poore ghar men mahak phail gaii hai।)
थोड़ी खीर बना लो, मेहमान आने वाले हैं।
Make some kheer, guests are about to arrive.
(thodii khiir banaa lo, mehmaan aane vaale hain।)
शादी की दावत में मेहमानों को अंत में गरमागरम खीर परोसी गई।
At the wedding feast, the guests were served hot kheer at the end.
(shaadii kii daavat men mehmaanon ko ant men garmaagram khiir parosii gaii।)
उसकी दादी की खीर की रेसिपी पूरे मोहल्ले में मशहूर है।
Her grandmother's kheer recipe is famous throughout the neighborhood.
(uskii daadii kii khiir kii resipii poore mohalle men mashahoor hai।)
काश मुझे भी माँ की तरह खीर बनानी आती।
I wish I too knew how to make kheer like Mom does.
(kaash mujhe bhii maan kii tarah khiir banaanii aatii।)
जन्माष्टमी पर भगवान को खीर का भोग चढ़ाया जाता है।
On Janmashtami, kheer is offered to God as bhog.
(janmaashtmii par bhagvaan ko khiir kaa bhog chadhaayaa jaataa hai।)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.f.direct):
खीर
(khiir)
(sg.f.oblique):
खीर
(khiir)
(pl.f.direct):
खीरें
(khiiren)
(pl.f.oblique):
खीरों
(khiiron)