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मीठा mīṭhā[Prk. िमट्ठओ; S. िमƴकः], adj. (f. -ī), Sweet (lit.& fig.); pleasant, agreeable;—slow, slight, gentle; tame; mild;—slow, sluggish, lazy;—s.m. A general name for sweets (as sugar, molasses, and the like);—the sweet lime;—a very active vegetable poison; an impotent man;—a kind of cloth (Pers. syn. shīrīn-bāf):—mīṭhībāt, s.f. Honeyed words:—mīṭhābolnā, To speak softly, or gently, or mildly:—mīṭhībolī, s.f. Sweet, or soft, speech or language:—mīṭhāpānī, s.m. Sweet, good, or fresh water;—(among Europeans) lemonade:—mīṭhātambākū, s.m. Sweet, or mild, tobacco:—mīṭhātel, s.m. 'Sweet oil,' oil of sesame (til); or of rape-seed:—mīṭhāteliyā, s.m. A very active vegetable poison (i.q. mīṭhā):—mīṭhā ṭhag, s.m. A false friend; a traitor:—mīṭhī ćhurī, s.f. Cold steel:—mīṭhāghiyā, s.m., or mīṭhīkaddū, s.f. Red pumpkin, or squash-gourd, Cucurbita melopepo:—mīṭhīlakṛī, s.f. Liquorice-root:—mīṭhīmār, s.f. Slow torture:—mīṭhā-muṅh karānā(kisī-kā), 'To sweeten the mouth' (of a person), to make one a present of sweetmeats, or money, etc.:—mīṭhīnaz̤ar, s.f. Tender looks, love-glances:—mīṭhīnaz̤aroṅ-se dekhnā(-ko), To look sweet upon:—mīṭhe-wāle, s.m. pl. Thugs who kill travellers with the poison called mīṭhā.
Origin: Hindi