خمیر • (xamir)
From Persian خمیر (xamir).
خمیر • (xamīr) m (Hindi spelling ख़मीर)
From Middle Persian *hmīr. Compare Kurdish hevîr / ههویر. Probably from Old Armenian խմոր (xmor), from Classical Syriac ܚܡܥ (ḥma, “to ferment, to become light by the action of leaven or yeast”).