মিষ্টি
Bengali
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit मिष्ट (miṣṭa), from earlier मृष्ट (mṛṣṭa, “polished”). Doublet of মাখা (makha), মাখন (makhon), মাজা (maja), মিটা (miṭa), and মিঠা (miṭha) (see there for more).
Pronunciation
- (Rarh) IPA(key): /miʃʈi/, [ˈmiʂʈiˑ]
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- (Dhaka) IPA(key): /miʃti/, [ˈmiʃtiˑ], [ˈmistiˑ]
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Adjective
মিষ্টি • (miśṭi) (comparative আরও মিষ্টি, superlative সবচেয়ে মিষ্টি)
Noun
মিষ্টি • (miśṭi)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “মিষ্টি”, 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