मीठा
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Hindi
Etymology
Etymology tree
Prakrit 𑀫𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞 (miṭṭha)
Hindi मीठा (mīṭhā)
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀫𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞 (miṭṭha), from Sanskrit मिष्ट (miṣṭa). Cognate with Bengali মিঠা (miṭha).
Doublet of मिष्ट (miṣṭ), a tatsama.
Pronunciation
Adjective
मीठा • (mīṭhā) (Urdu spelling میٹھا)
- sweet
- यह चाय मीठी नहीं है, कुछ और शक्कर मिलाओ।
- yah cāy mīṭhī nahī̃ hai, kuch aur śakkar milāo.
- This tea is not sweet enough, add some more sugar.
- pleasant, agreeable
- मीठी बात ― mīṭhī bāt ― sweet-talk
- gentle, light
- tender, sympathetic
- (slang, LGBTQ, offensive) effeminate, gay
- मीठा है क्या? ― mīṭhā hai kyā? ― Are you gay (or what)?
Declension
Declension of मीठा (ā-stem)
See also
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| मीठा (mīṭhā) | खट्टा (khaṭṭā) | नमकीन (namkīn) | कड़वा (kaṛvā) | तीखा (tīkhā) | |
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “मीठा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 829.
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मीठा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mr̥ṣṭá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press