مٹھائی

Urdu

Etymology

میٹھا (mīṭhā) +‎ ـی (-ī)

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mɪ.ʈʰɑː.iː/

Noun

مِٹھائی • (miṭhāī) f (Hindi spelling मिठाई)

1. sweet, sweetmeat, confection
2. sweet dish, dessert
3. sugar, molasses

Declension

Declension of مٹھائی
	singular	plural
direct	مِٹھای (miṭhāī)	مِٹھاِیاں (miṭhāiyā̃)
oblique	مِٹھای (miṭhāī)	مِٹھاِیوں (miṭhāiyō̃)
vocative	مِٹھای (miṭhāī)	مِٹھاِیو (miṭhāiyō)

Derived terms

• مِٹھائی گَر (miṭhāī gar, “confectioner”)

References

• “مٹھائی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “مٿهائي”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.