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🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

मट्ठा

Pronunciation / Transliteration: maṭṭhā

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Whey/weɪ/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"पनीर बनाने के बाद बचा हुआ पानी मट्ठा कहलाता है।"

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The watery part of milk that remains after the formation of curds.

    "Whey is often used as a protein supplement in fitness diets."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old English word 'hwǣg', meaning whey or the watery part of milk, tracing back to Proto-Germanic roots. Historically, it has been used across centuries both as a nourishing byproduct of cheese-making and in traditional European folk medicine.

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