मैदा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian میده (maida).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mɛː.d̪ɑː/, [mɛː.d̪äː]

Noun

मैदा • (maidā) m (Urdu spelling میدا)

1. fine flour (usually made from wheat)

   Hypernym: आटा (āṭā)

Descendants

• → English: maida

References

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