mithain.

Brit.

/ˈmɪtʌɪ/,

/ˈmiːtʌɪ/, U.S.

/ˈmɪdaɪ/,

/ˈmidaɪ/

Inflections: Plural mithais, unchanged.

Forms: 1800s– metai, 1800s– mithai, 1900s– meetai, 1900s– meethai, 1900s– mittai.

Origin: A borrowing from Hindi. Etymon: Hindi miṭhāī.

Etymology: < Hindi miṭhāī < mīṭhā pleasant, sweet ( < Sanskrit mṛṣṭa clean, wholesome, tasty, passive participle of mṛj- to rub, clean: compare milk v.) + -ī suffix forming nouns.The Caribbean usage is via Bhojpuri < Hindi.

In South Asia and the Caribbean: (as a mass noun) sweetmeats collectively, confectionery, as barfi, jalebi, etc.; (as a count noun, usually in plural) an individual sweet. In the Caribbean: esp. kurma, a crisp sweetmeat of sugar-coated fried dough.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > [noun]

confection1393

sweetmeat?a1500

junkery1509

conceit1525

banqueta1533

junketry1599

sweet1660

spice1674

knick-knack1682

confectionery1769

confiture1802

candy?1809

knick-knackery1813

mithai1824

dulce1834

sweet-stuff1835

bouchées1846

ket1979

1824 R. Heber Jrnl. 22 Nov. in Narr. Journey Upper Provinces India (1828) I. xvii. 472 The child blushed exceedingly, and said he was ashamed to take it [sc. a rupee]... However, on my telling him it was..for him to buy ‘metai’, sweetmeats, with, his countenance brightened up.

1936 E. P. Veerasawmy Indian Cookery 206 The substantial meetais are made of very rich and nourishing ingredients.

1976 S. Naipaul Adventures Gurudeva 76 He went to Rama-Leela..and offered a pound or so of meethai..to God Rama or to the boy who performed as God Rama.

1987 R. Mistry Tales from Firozsha Baag 199 Very rich people bring expensive gifts, boxes of almonds and pistachios, large cartons of mithai.

1997 C. B. Divakaruni Mistress of Spices 78 I call out in my pretend-strict voice, ‘Please no touching mithais.’

2000 Newsline (Karachi) Feb. 124 (advt.) Sentiments Express buys, giftwraps and delivers fresh Flowers, Fruits, Cakes and Mithai.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mithai
释义	mithain. Brit. /ˈmɪtʌɪ/, /ˈmiːtʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈmɪdaɪ/, /ˈmidaɪ/ Inflections: Plural mithais, unchanged. Forms: 1800s– metai, 1800s– mithai, 1900s– meetai, 1900s– meethai, 1900s– mittai. Origin: A borrowing from Hindi. Etymon: Hindi miṭhāī. Etymology: < Hindi miṭhāī < mīṭhā pleasant, sweet ( < Sanskrit mṛṣṭa clean, wholesome, tasty, passive participle of mṛj- to rub, clean: compare milk v.) + -ī suffix forming nouns.The Caribbean usage is via Bhojpuri < Hindi. In South Asia and the Caribbean: (as a mass noun) sweetmeats collectively, confectionery, as barfi, jalebi, etc.; (as a count noun, usually in plural) an individual sweet. In the Caribbean: esp. kurma, a crisp sweetmeat of sugar-coated fried dough. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > [noun] confection1393 sweetmeat?a1500 junkery1509 conceit1525 banqueta1533 junketry1599 sweet1660 spice1674 knick-knack1682 confectionery1769 confiture1802 candy?1809 knick-knackery1813 mithai1824 dulce1834 sweet-stuff1835 bouchées1846 ket1979 1824 R. Heber Jrnl. 22 Nov. in Narr. Journey Upper Provinces India (1828) I. xvii. 472 The child blushed exceedingly, and said he was ashamed to take it [sc. a rupee]... However, on my telling him it was..for him to buy ‘metai’, sweetmeats, with, his countenance brightened up. 1936 E. P. Veerasawmy Indian Cookery 206 The substantial meetais are made of very rich and nourishing ingredients. 1976 S. Naipaul Adventures Gurudeva 76 He went to Rama-Leela..and offered a pound or so of meethai..to God Rama or to the boy who performed as God Rama. 1987 R. Mistry Tales from Firozsha Baag 199 Very rich people bring expensive gifts, boxes of almonds and pistachios, large cartons of mithai. 1997 C. B. Divakaruni Mistress of Spices 78 I call out in my pretend-strict voice, ‘Please no touching mithais.’ 2000 Newsline (Karachi) Feb. 124 (advt.) Sentiments Express buys, giftwraps and delivers fresh Flowers, Fruits, Cakes and Mithai. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1824
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