# petha

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A North Indian sweet made out of pieces of winter melon cooked in sugar syrup. Especially famous are pethas from Agra.

## Etymology
From Hindi पेठा (peṭhā, “a winter melon; also, the sweet made from this”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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