মিঠাই

Assamese

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Hindustani مٹھائی / मिठाई (miṭhāī)

Noun

মিঠাই • (mithai)

  1. sweet, dessert

Declension

Bengali

Etymology

মিঠা (miṭha, sweet, adj.) +‎ -ই (-i). Cognate with English mithai, Assamese মিঠৈ (mithoi) / মিঠাই (mithai), Hindi मिठाई (miṭhāī), Punjabi ਮਿਠਾਈ (miṭhāī), Gujarati મીઠાઈ (mīṭhāī), Maithili मिठाय (miṭhāy), Nepali मिठाई (miṭhāī), Tamil மிட்டாய் (miṭṭāy), Malayalam മിഠായി (miṭhāyi), Telugu మిఠాయి (miṭhāyi), Pashto مټايي (miṭāyí), Kannada ಮಿಠಾಯಿ (miṭhāyi).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /miʈʰai̯/, [ˈmiʈʰai̯], /miʈʰai̯ː/, [ˈmiʈʰai̯ː]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /mitʰai̯/, [ˈmitʰai̯], /mitʰai̯ː/, [ˈmitʰai̯ː]

Noun

মিঠাই • (miṭhai)

  1. sweet, dessert
  2. sweetness