মিষ্টি

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Bengali

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Etymology

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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

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  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /miʃʈi/, [ˈmiʂʈiˑ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /miʃti/, [ˈmiʃtiˑ], [ˈmistiˑ]
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Adjective

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মিষ্টি (miśṭi) (comparative আরও মিষ্টি, superlative সবচেয়ে মিষ্টি)

  1. sweet
    Synonym: মিঠা (miṭha)
    Antonyms: টক (ṭok), চুকা (cuka), টেঙ্গা (ṭeṅga)
    শাওন মাসে লিচু খুব মিষ্টি
    śaon maśer licu khub miśṭi
    The litchis of the month of Srabon are quite sweet

Noun

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মিষ্টি (miśṭi)

  1. sweets; confections; sweetmeats
    আমি ঈদের জন্য মিষ্টি কিনেছি.
    ami ider jonno miśṭi kinechi.
    I have bought sweets for Eid.

References

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  • 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