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milk
  شیر  
šir (#)
Fr.: lait  

An opaque white fluid secreted by female mammals for the nourishment of their young.

Etymology (EN): M.E.; O.E. meol(o)c, (Anglian) milc; cf. Gr. Milch, Goth. miluks; akin to L. mulgere, Gk amelgein “to milk;” PIE base *melg- “wiping, stroking;”

Etymology (PE): Šir “milk;” Mid.Pers. šir; (Parth. šyft); Khotanese švida; Sogd. xšiβd (Yaghnobi xšift; Yadgha xšira); Av. xšvid-, xšvipta-; cf. Skt. ksira- “milk.”