सीठा

Hindi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱeys-?

Sanskrit शिष् (śiṣ)

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-Iranian *-tás

Sanskrit -त (-ta)

Sanskrit शिष्ट (śiṣṭa)

Prakrit 𑀲𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞 (siṭṭha)

Hindi सीठा (sīṭhā)

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞 (siṭṭha), from Sanskrit शिष्ट (śiṣṭa, “left over”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śiṣṭás. Doublet of शिष्ट (śiṣṭ).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /siː.ʈʰɑː/, [siː.ʈʰäː]

Adjective

सीठा • (sīṭhā) (Urdu spelling سیٹھا)

1. (of remains of a fruit) without juice
2. tasteless, insipid

   Synonyms: बेस्वाद (besvād), नीरस (nīras)

Declension

Declension of सीठा (ā-stem)

	masculine		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural
direct	सीठा sīṭhā	सीठे sīṭhe	सीठी sīṭhī	सीठी sīṭhī
oblique	सीठे sīṭhe	सीठे sīṭhe	सीठी sīṭhī	सीठी sīṭhī
vocative	सीठे sīṭhe	सीठे sīṭhe	सीठी sīṭhī	सीठी sīṭhī

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “सीठा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “सीठा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha