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petha

The English word “petha” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

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

Etymology

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

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