মিঠা
Assamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Sanskrit মিষ্ট (miṣṭa), from मृष्ट (mṛṣṭa, “polished”), from the root मृज् (mṛj, “to polish, purify”). Cognate with Bengali মিঠা (miṭha), Hindi मीठा (mīṭhā), Urdu میٹھا (mīṭhā).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]মিঠা • (mitha)
- sweet, sugary
- pleasant, agreeable
- মিঠা হাঁহি ― mitha hãhi ― sweet-smile
- gentle, light
- tender, sympathetic
Related terms
[edit]- মঠা (motha)
References
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “মিঠা”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 829.
Bengali
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Prakrit 𑀫𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞 (miṭṭha), from Sanskrit मिष्ट (miṣṭa), from earlier मृष्ट (mṛṣṭa, “polished”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hmr̥ṣṭás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hmr̥štás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃mr̥ǵ-tó-s (“wiped”), from *h₃merǵ- (“to wipe”). Cognate with Assamese মিঠা (mitha), Odia ମିଠାଁ (miṭhã), Maithili मीठ (mīṭh) / 𑂧𑂲𑂘 (mīṭh), Bhojpuri मीठ (mīṭh), Gujarati મીઠું (mīṭhũ), Punjabi ਮਿੱਠਾ (miṭṭhā), Hindustani मीठा (mīṭhā) / میٹھا (mīṭhā) and Marathi मीठ (mīṭh), मिठा (miṭhā). Doublet of মিষ্টি (miśṭi), মাজা (maja, “to scrub, wipe”), মাখা (makha, “to smear, mix”), মাখন (makhon, “butter”), and মিটা (miṭa, “to finish, remove, settle”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]মিঠা • (miṭha) (comparative আরও মিঠা, superlative সবচেয়ে মিঠা)
Derived terms
[edit]- মিঠা পানি (miṭha pani)
- মিঠা জল (miṭha jol)
- মিঠাতেল (miṭhatel)
- মিঠালাউ (miṭhalau)
- মিঠা আলু (miṭha alu)
- মিঠাই (miṭhai)
References
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “মিঠা”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 829.
- Accessible Dictionary, [1] Government of Bangladesh
- Accessible Dictionary, [2] Government of Bangladesh
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