फ़ीता

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese fita.

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /fiː.t̪ɑː/, [fiː.t̪äː], /pʰiː.t̪ɑː/, [pʰiː.t̪äː]

Noun

फ़ीता • (fītā) m (Urdu spelling فیتہ)

lace; shoelace
उसके जूते के फ़ीते खुल गए।
uske jūte ke fīte khul gae.
His shoelaces became untied.
tape; tape measure
ribbon
Synonym: पट्टी (paṭṭī)

Declension

Declension of *फ़ीता* (masc ā-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	फ़ीता fītā	फ़ीते fīte
oblique	फ़ीते fīte	फ़ीतों fītõ
vocative	फ़ीते fīte	फ़ीतो fīto

Descendants

→ Dari: فِیتَه (fīta)
→ Nepali: फिता (phitā)
→ Pashto: فیته
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਫ਼ੀਤਾ (fītā)

Shahmukhi script: فِیتَہ (fītah)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “fītā”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 682