Meanings
A substance used to produce fermentation in dough, especially yeast.
ایک مادّہ جو آٹے میں تخمیر پیدا کرنے کے لئے استعمال ہوتا ہے، خاص طور پر خمیر۔
خمیر
khamir
Synonyms
Antonyms
Common Collocations
- baking bread with leaven
- added leaven to the dough
- leaven for baking
Example Sentences
The baker carefully measured the leaven for the bread dough.
بیکر نے روٹی کے آٹے کے لیے خمیر کو احتیاط سے ناپا۔
Baker ne roti ke aate ke liye khamir ko ehtiyaat se napa.
Leaven is essential for the fermentation process in baking.
بیکنگ میں تخمیر کے عمل کے لیے خمیر ضروری ہے۔
Baking mein takhmeer ke amal ke liye khamir zaroori hai.
Without leaven, the bread would be flat and dense.
بغیر خمیر کے، روٹی چپٹی اور گھنی ہوگی۔
Baghair khamir ke, roti chhatti aur ghani hogi.
Easily Confused With
To add leaven to bread or dough.
روٹی یا آٹے میں خمیر ڈالنا۔
خمیر ڈالنا
khamir dalna
Synonyms
Antonyms
Common Collocations
- leaven the dough
- leaven the mixture
- properly leavening
Example Sentences
Make sure to leaven the mixture before baking.
بیکنگ سے پہلے مکسچر میں خمیر ڈالنا نہ بھولیں۔
Baking se pehle mixture mein khamir dalna na bhoolain.
They leavened the dough with a special yeast.
انہوں نے خاص خمیر سے آٹے میں خمیر ڈالا۔
Unho ne khas khamir se aate mein khamir dala.
To make good bread, one must learn how to leaven properly.
اچھی روٹی بنانے کے لیے، صحیح طریقے سے خمیر ڈالنا سیکھنا ضروری ہے۔
Achi roti banane ke liye, sahi tareeqe se khamir dalna seekhna zaroori hai.
Easily Confused With
Word Family
See Also
💡 Memory Tip
Think of 'leaven' as the ingredient that helps bread rise.
Imagine a loaf of bread swelling as it rises with leaven.
✍️ Urdu Poetry
تخمیر کے بغیر زندگی کا آٹا بھی چپتا ہے۔
Takhmeer ke baghair zindagi ka aata bhi chhita hai.
Without fermentation, even the dough of life becomes flat.
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🗣️ Urdu Proverb
جہاں خمیر، وہاں ترقی۔
Jahan khamir, wahan taraqqi.
Where there's leaven, there is growth.
📖 Etymology
Origin: Old English "lefian" — to make leaven
First known use: 14th century
The word 'leaven' has Old English origins, derived from 'lefian', which referred to the fermentation process used in bread-making.