کدو

Persian

Etymology

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Noun

کدو • (kadu)

1. squash

Further reading

• Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “کدو”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 806a

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Urdu

Etymology

From Persian کدو (kadu). Cognate with Sanskrit कटु (kaṭu).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kəd̪.d̪uː/, /kə.d̪uː/

Noun

کدو • (kaddū, kadū) m (Hindi spelling कद्दू or कदू)

1. pumpkin, calabash