खदिरक

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

খদিৰক (Assamese script)
ᬔᬤᬶᬭᬓ (Balinese script)
খদিরক (Bengali script)
𑰏𑰟𑰰𑰨𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀔𑀤𑀺𑀭𑀓 (Brahmi script)
ခဒိရက (Burmese script)
ખદિરક (Gujarati script)
ਖਦਿਰਕ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌖𑌦𑌿𑌰𑌕 (Grantha script)
ꦑꦢꦶꦫꦏ (Javanese script)
𑂎𑂠𑂱𑂩𑂍 (Kaithi script)
ಖದಿರಕ (Kannada script)
ខទិរក (Khmer script)
ຂທິຣກ (Lao script)
ഖദിരക (Malayalam script)
ᡘᠠᡩᡳᡵᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘏𑘟𑘱𑘨𑘎 (Modi script)
ᠻᠠᢑᠢᠷᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑦯𑦿𑧒𑧈𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
𑐏𑐡𑐶𑐬𑐎 (Newa script)
ଖଦିରକ (Odia script)
ꢓꢣꢶꢬꢒ (Saurashtra script)
𑆒𑆢𑆴𑆫𑆑 (Sharada script)
𑖏𑖟𑖰𑖨𑖎 (Siddham script)
ඛදිරක (Sinhalese script)
𑩝𑩭𑩑𑩼𑩜 (Soyombo script)
𑚋𑚛𑚮𑚤𑚊 (Takri script)
க²தி³ரக (Tamil script)
ఖదిరక (Telugu script)
ขทิรก (Thai script)
ཁ་དི་ར་ཀ (Tibetan script)
𑒐𑒠𑒱𑒩𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
𑨌𑨛𑨁𑨫𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

खदिर (khadira) + क (ka)

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /kʰɐ.di.ɾɐ́.kɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kʰɐ.d̪i.ɾɐ.kɐ/
Hyphenation: ख‧दि‧र‧क

Noun

खदिरक • (khadiraká) stem, ?

catechu

Descendants

Central:
- Hindustani: khairā
  - Hindi: खैरा
  - Urdu: کھَیرَا (khairā)
Eastern:
- Bengali: খৈরা (khōira)
- Odia: ଖଇରା (khairā)
Northwestern:
- Punjabi: khairā
  Gurmukhi script: ਖੈਰਾ
  
  Shahmukhi script: کھَیرَا
Southern:
- Dhivehi: ކައިރު (kairu), ކައިރި (kairi)
- Marathi: खैरा (khairā)
Western:
- Gujarati: ખેરો (khero)

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “khadiraka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 200