kheer
/kɪə(r)/noun
उच्चारण किअर
खीर
Basic word
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a sweet dish made by boiling rice in milk with sugar
खीर
- rice kheer
- Mother cooks kheer on every festival.
- We were served warm kheer after the meal.
+ 1 more example
- The kheer is flavoured with cardamom and saffron.
Synonyms rice pudding payasam
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
kheer (uncountable noun)
Kheer is a food, so it is normally uncountable: say 'some kheer' or 'a bowl of kheer'.
'Kheer' एक खाद्य पदार्थ है, इसलिए प्रायः uncountable है; 'some kheer' या 'a bowl of kheer' कहें।
- Is there any kheer left?
- Grandmother served a bowl of kheer.
kheer (countable) = a serving or a type
You can use 'a kheer' or 'kheers' for a portion or different varieties, mainly in menus and informal speech.
थाली या अलग-अलग किस्मों के अर्थ में 'a kheer' या 'kheers' का प्रयोग मुख्यतः मेन्यू और बोलचाल में होता है।
- The caterer prepared three kheers: rice, vermicelli and makhana.
kheer + made of / with
Use 'made of' or 'made with' to list what goes into kheer.
Kheer में क्या डाला गया है, यह बताने के लिए 'made of' या 'made with' का प्रयोग होता है।
- Kheer is made with rice, milk and sugar.
- This kheer is made of fresh buffalo milk.
make / cook / prepare kheer
Verbs like make, cook, prepare and serve go with kheer; 'cook' stresses the heating.
Kheer के साथ make, cook, prepare और serve जैसी क्रियाएँ आती हैं; 'cook' में पकाने पर ज़ोर होता है।
- Mother cooks kheer on festival days.
kheer vs payasam
In the south the same sweet dish is called payasam; in Indian English both words are understood, but use kheer for the north Indian version.
दक्षिण में यही मिठाई 'payasam' कहलाती है; भारतीय अंग्रेज़ी में दोनों शब्द समझे जाते हैं, पर उत्तर भारतीय रूप के लिए 'kheer' लिखें।
- The wedding menu offered kheer and payasam side by side.
+Collocations 5
adjective + kheer
creamysweetthickwarmcoldhomemade
- The creamy kheer was served in clay bowls.
kheer + of + ingredient / type
rice kheersabudana kheervermicelli kheermakhana kheer
- On fast days we eat sabudana kheer.
verb + kheer
cookstirgarnishserveoffer
- She garnished the kheer with almonds and pistachios.
kheer + at / on occasion
at a weddingon Diwalion Raksha Bandhanas prasadafter a meal
- Kheer is often offered as prasad.
kheer + ingredient
cardamomsaffronraisinscashew nutsjaggery
- Jaggery kheer is a speciality of Bengal during winter.
“More examples 6
- Radhika's grandmother makes the best kheer in the whole street.
राधिका की दादी पूरी गली में सबसे अच्छी खीर बनाती हैं।
- Add the sugar only after the rice has become soft, or the grains will stay hard.
चीनी तभी डालें जब चावल नरम हो जाएँ, नहीं तो दाने कड़े रह जाएँगे।
- We broke our Karva Chauth fast with a spoon of kheer.
हमने करवा चौथ का व्रत खीर के एक चम्मच से खोला।
- After the exam, the teacher treated the class to kheer.
परीक्षा के बाद अध्यापक ने कक्षा को खीर खिलाई।
- Cardamom gives the kheer a lovely smell.
इलायची खीर को सुंदर सुगंध देती है।
- The sweet shop sells kheer in small earthen pots on weekends.
मिठाई की दुकान सप्ताहांत में छोटे मिट्टी के बर्तनों में खीर बेचती है।
!Common mistakes 1
✗ The kheer are ready.
✓ The kheer is ready.
An uncountable noun takes a singular verb.
Uncountable noun के साथ singular verb आती है।
≈Synonyms and antonyms
Synonyms
rice pudding payasam
§Grammar and usage
Usage: kheer is translated as rice pudding; in South India it is called payasam.
प्रयोग में kheer का अनुवाद rice pudding है; दक्षिण भारत में इसे पायसम कहते हैं।
Keep the Indian sweets: kheer, halwa, laddoo, jalebi, rasgulla, barfi, gulab jamun.
भारतीय मिठाइयाँ याद रखिए: kheer, halwa, laddoo, jalebi, rasgulla, barfi, gulab jamun।