As a Hindi name
पेड़ा · noun · feminine
बड़ा संदूक । बड़ी पिटारी — Śabdasāgara
पेड़ा · noun · masculine
खोवा और खाँड़ से बनी हुई एक प्रसिद्ध मिठाई जिसका आकार गोल और चिपटा होता · गुँधे हुए आटे को लोई — Śabdasāgara
पेड़ा · peṛā · s.m.
A ball or lump of leavened dough — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 299
पेड़ा · masculine
peda (South Asian sweet)
Cited formation "पेडा" is पेड़ + -आ: पेड़ means "tree, shrub, plant", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "पेडा" is पेड़ना + -आ: पेड़ना means "To press, squeeze, crush, grind", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "पेडा" is पेड़ + -आ: पेड़ means "tree, shrub, plant", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“Etymology tree Sanskrit पेट (peṭa)? Prakrit 𑀧𑁂𑀟 (peḍa) Hindi पेड़ा Inherited from Prakrit 𑀧𑁂𑀟 (peḍa), possibly from Sanskrit पेट (peṭa). Cognate with Punjabi ਪੇੜਾ (peṛā) / پیڑا (peṛā), Gujarati પેંડો (peṇḍo), Marathi पेढा (peḍhā), Odia ପେଡା (peḍā), ପେଣ୍ଡା (peṇḍā), Bengali পেঁড়া …” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
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Dictionary citations
peḍā f. id. (?), Divyāv.
peḍā A large bag.
peḍā f. (-ḍā) A basket, a large basket. E. piḍa to collect, aff. ac and ṭāp.
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