English Explanatory Dictionary

petha

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A North Indian sweet made out of pieces of winter melon cooked in sugar syrup. Especially famous are pethas from Agra.

Word forms

petha pethas

Etymology

From Hindi पेठा (peṭhā, “a winter melon; also, the sweet made from this”).

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