पेड़ा

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀧𑁂𑀟 (peḍa), possibly from Sanskrit पेट (peṭa). Cognate with Punjabi ਪੇੜਾ (peṛā) / پیڑا (peṛā), Gujarati પેંડો (peṇḍo), Marathi पेढा (peḍhā), Odia ପେଡା (peḍā), ପେଣ୍ଡା (peṇḍā), Bengali পেঁড়া (pẽṛa).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /peː.ɽɑː/, [peː.ɽäː]

पेड़ा • (peṛā) m (Urdu spelling پیڑَا)

1. peda (South Asian sweet)

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “peṛā”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pēḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press