फ़ीता

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese fita.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /fiː.t̪ɑː/, [fiː.t̪äː], /pʰiː.t̪ɑː/, [pʰiː.t̪äː]

Noun

फ़ीता • (fītā) m

1. lace; shoelace

   (deprecated template usage)

   उसके जूते के फ़ीते खुल गए।

   uske jūte ke fīte khul gae.

   His shoelaces became untied.

2. tape; tape measure
3. ribbon

   Synonym: पट्टी (paṭṭī)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “fītā”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 682