"mithai" meaning in English

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      "name": "bor"
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  "etymology_text": "From Hindi मिठाई (miṭhāī).",
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "2018 January 17, Shivani Vora, “A Go-To Grocery for Indian Cooks”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
          "text": "Mr. Alam and his staff often insist that visitors enjoy a free treat like chocolate barfi, condensed milk mixed with chocolate, or jalebis, deep fried rice flour coated in a sugary syrup, while they shop. “I want my customers to feel welcome and offering mithai is a way to show hospitality,” Mr. Alam said.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 October 17, Priya Krishna, “It’s Not Diwali Without Mithai”, in The New York Times",
          "text": "Central to that celebration is mithai, or sweets. Mass-produced mithai are readily available online, but these five independent shops make their sweets by hand every day, offering their local South Asian communities a taste of the familiar.",
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        "Sweets; confectionery."
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        "(India) Sweets; confectionery."
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        },
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