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Paneer

2 stages from Persian to English.

Today it means a fresh, unaged cheese used widely in South Asian cooking
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Stage 1 of 2
panir
Persian · medieval
"cheese"
the general word for cheese, adopted across South Asian cuisine
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Stage 2 of 2
paneer
English · 1900s
"a fresh, unaged South Asian cheese"
adopted directly for the fresh, unaged South Asian cheese
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