mithai

English

Etymology

From Hindi मिठाई (miṭhāī).

Noun

mithai (plural mithai)

  1. (India) Sweets; confectionery.
    • 2022 October 17, Priya Krishna, “It’s Not Diwali Without Mithai”, in The New York Times‎:
      Central to that celebration is mithai, or sweets. Mass-produced mithai are readily available online, but these five independent shops make their sweets by hand every day, offering their local South Asian communities a taste of the familiar.
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