मीठा

See also: मिठो and मठ

Hindi

Etymology

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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

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /miː.ʈʰɑː/, [miː.ʈʰäː]

Adjective

मीठा • (mīṭhā) (Urdu spelling میٹھا)

1. 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.

2. pleasant, agreeable

   मीठी बात ― mīṭhī bāt ― sweet-talk

3. gentle, light
4. tender, sympathetic
5. (slang, LGBTQ, offensive) effeminate, gay

   मीठा है क्या? ― mīṭhā hai kyā? ― Are you gay (or what)?

Declension

Declension of मीठा (ā-stem)

	masculine		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural
direct	मीठा mīṭhā	मीठे mīṭhe	मीठी mīṭhī	मीठी mīṭhī
oblique	मीठे mīṭhe	मीठे mīṭhe	मीठी mīṭhī	मीठी mīṭhī
vocative	मीठे mīṭhe	मीठे mīṭhe	मीठी mīṭhī	मीठी mīṭhī

See also

Basic tastes in Hindi · स्वाद (svād) (layout · text)
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