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sheer khurma

sheer khurma noun: a vermicelli pudding traditionally prepared by South Asian and Central Asian Muslims on Eid.

sheer khurma: a vermicelli pudding traditionally prepared by South Asian and Central Asian Muslims on Eid
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Noun

sheer khurma (uncountable)

  1. A vermicelli pudding traditionally prepared by South Asian and Central Asian Muslims on Eid.

Forms of sheer khurma

alternative formsheer khorma

Origin of sheer khurma

Ultimately from Persian شیرخرما from شیر (šīr or šir, “milk”) + خرما (xormâ or xurmâ, “date (fruit)”)

Questions about sheer khurma

What does sheer khurma mean?
Sheer khurma means a vermicelli pudding traditionally prepared by South Asian and Central Asian Muslims on Eid.
What part of speech is sheer khurma?
Sheer khurma is a noun.

Words near sheer khurma in the dictionary

  1. Sheepys
  2. sheer
  3. sheer hulk
  4. sheer hulks
  5. sheer khorma
  6. sheer khurma
  7. Sheer Thursday
  8. sheer-to-waist
  9. Sheeran
  10. Sheerans
  11. sheered

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