फ़ीता

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese fita.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

फ़ीता • (fītā) m (Urdu spelling فیتہ)

1. lace; shoelace

   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)

Declension

Declension of फ़ीता (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	फ़ीता fītā	फ़ीते fīte
oblique	फ़ीते fīte	फ़ीतों fītõ
vocative	फ़ीते fīte	फ़ीतो fīto

References

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