petha

P3E1T1H4A1

noun

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

OriginHindi पेठा →
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Meanings

nounpetha (plural pethas)

plural pethas

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

Origin

  1. Hindiपेठा“a winter melon; also, the sweet made from this”
  2. Englishpetha

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

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petha. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/petha

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“petha.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/petha. Accessed November 2, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “petha,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/petha.

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