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)

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

Noun

মিষ্টি • (miśṭi)

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

References
  • Monier Williams (1899) “মিষ্টি”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 829.
  • Accessible Dictionary, Government of Bangladesh
  • Accessible Dictionary, Government of Bangladesh
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