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paneer

/pəˈniːɹ/

paneer noun: a soft, non-matured, Indian cheese.

paneer: a soft, non-matured, Indian cheese
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Noun

paneer (countable and uncountable, plural paneers)

  1. A soft, non-matured, Indian cheese.
    • The spinach was mixed with paneer to make a satisfying meal.

paneer meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

paneer in Hindi

a soft, non-matured, Indian cheese
पनीर panīr

paneer in Tamil

a soft, non-matured, Indian cheese
பனீர் paṉīr

paneer in Marathi

a soft, non-matured, Indian cheese
पनीर panīr

paneer in Urdu

a soft, non-matured, Indian cheese
پَنِیر panīr
More languagesFewer languages
paneer in Bengali
পনীর ponir
paneer in Telugu
పనీర్ panīr
paneer in Malayalam
പനീർ panīṟ
paneer in Kannada
ಪನೀರ್ panīr
paneer in Punjabi
ਪਨੀਰ panīr
paneer in Gujarati
પનીર panīr
paneer in Odia
ପନିର panira
paneer in Assamese
পনিৰ ponir
paneer in Nepali
पनीर panīra
paneer in Arabic
بَنِير banīr
Kashmiri
ژامَن ċāman
Dzongkha
པ་ནིར pa nir

Forms of paneer

pluralpaneers
alternative formpanir
alternative formponeer
alternative formponir
alternative formpanner

Origin of paneer

Borrowed from Hindustani پَنِیر / पनीर (panīr), from Classical Persian پَنِیر (panīr). Sometimes pronounced as /pæˈnɪə(r)/, /pɑːˈnɪə(r)/ (pseudo-Gallicism).

Words formed from paneer

Questions about paneer

What does paneer mean?
Paneer means a soft, non-matured, Indian cheese.
What is paneer in Hindi?
Paneer in Hindi is पनीर (panīr). See Paneer meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is paneer?
Paneer is a noun.
How do you pronounce paneer?
Paneer is pronounced /pəˈniːɹ/.
What is the plural of paneer?
The plural of paneer is paneers.

Words near paneer in the dictionary

  1. pane
  2. pane cunzato
  3. Panebianco
  4. Panebiancos
  5. paned
  6. paneer
  7. paneers
  8. panegoism
  9. panegoist
  10. panegoists
  11. panegyreis

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: paneer (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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