दूधी
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Hindi
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Sanskrit दुग्धिका (dugdhikā) (not attested outside of lexicographer's lists), from दुग्ध (dugdha, “milk”) + -इका (-ikā).[1] Cognate with Marathi दुध्या (dudhyā).
Note the similarly-shaped words for "gourd" in Western Asia, documented at Old Armenian դդում (ddum).
Noun
[edit]दूधी • (dūdhī) f (Urdu spelling دودھی)
- bottle gourd, calabash; fruit of the Lagenaria siceraria
Declension
[edit]Declension of दूधी (fem ī-stem)
Descendants
[edit]- → English: dudhi
Etymology 2
[edit]Inherited from Sanskrit दुग्धिन् (dugdhin).
Adjective
[edit]दूधी • (dūdhī) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling دودھی)
References
[edit]- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dugdhikā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press