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maida

maida noun: a finely milled, refined and bleached wheat flour, used in making Indian foods such as samosa, chakli and bhatoora.

Noun

maida (uncountable)

  1. A finely milled, refined and bleached wheat flour, used in making Indian foods such as samosa, chakli and bhatoora.

Proper noun capitalized: Maida

Maida

  1. A surname.

maida meaning in Tamil, Marathi and Malayalam

maida in Tamil

maida, pastry flour
மைதா maitā

maida in Marathi

maida
मैदा maidā

maida in Malayalam

maida
മൈദ maida

Origin of maida

From Hindi मैदा (maidā), from Classical Persian مَیْدَه (mayda).

Questions about maida

What does maida mean?
Maida means a finely milled, refined and bleached wheat flour, used in making Indian foods such as samosa, chakli and bhatoora.
What is maida in Tamil?
Maida in Tamil is மைதா (maitā). See Maida meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is maida?
Maida can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near maida in the dictionary

  1. maid-of-honor tarts
  2. maid-of-honour tart
  3. maid-of-honour tarts
  4. maid-servant
  5. maid-servants
  6. maida
  7. Maida Vale
  8. maidam
  9. maidams
  10. maidan
  11. maidans

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Adapted from Wiktionary: maida (page history and authors); Maida (page history and authors); மைதா (Tamil) (page history and authors); मैदा (Marathi) (page history and authors); മൈദ (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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