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tinda

tinda noun: a squash-like cucurbit grown for its immature fruit.

tinda: a squash-like cucurbit grown for its immature fruit
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Noun

tinda (countable and uncountable, plural tindas)

  1. A squash-like cucurbit grown for its immature fruit.
    • Peel tindas and cut a slice off the stalk end.2000, Priti Narain, The Essential Delhi Cookbook
    Synonyms:
    Indian squash, round melon, Indian round gourd, apple gourd, Indian baby pumpkin

tinda meaning in Hindi, Punjabi and Sanskrit

tinda in Hindi

tinda, or apple gourd
टिंडा ṭiṇḍā

tinda in Punjabi

tinda
ਟੀਂਡਾ ṭīṇḍā

tinda in Sanskrit

Tinda or apple gourd
टिण्डिश ṭiṇḍiśa

Synonyms of tinda

  • Indian squash
  • round melon
  • Indian round gourd
  • apple gourd
  • Indian baby pumpkin

Forms of tinda

pluraltindas

Origin of tinda

Borrowed from Hindi टिंडा (ṭiṇḍā).

Questions about tinda

What does tinda mean?
Tinda means a squash-like cucurbit grown for its immature fruit.
What is tinda in Hindi?
Tinda in Hindi is टिंडा (ṭiṇḍā). See Tinda meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is tinda?
Tinda is a noun.
What is the plural of tinda?
The plural of tinda is tindas.

Words near tinda in the dictionary

  1. tincturing
  2. tincturings
  3. Tincup
  4. Tincy
  5. tind
  6. tinda
  7. tindal
  8. Tindale
  9. Tindales
  10. Tindall
  11. tindalo

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: tinda (page history and authors); टिंडा (Hindi) (page history and authors); ਟੀਂਡਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); टिण्डिश (Sanskrit) (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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