દૂધી
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Gujarati[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Sanskrit दुग्धिका (dugdhikā) (unattested outside of lexicographer's lists), from दुग्ध (dugdha, “milk”) + -इका (-ikā). Note the similarly-shaped words for "gourd" in Western Asia, documented at Old Armenian դդում (ddum) (→ Romani dudum).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Gujarati) IPA(key): /ˈd̪u.d̪ʱi/
- Rhymes: -i
Noun[edit]
દૂધી • (dūdhī)
- dudhi, bottle gourd, calabash; fruit of the Lagenaria siceraria
Related terms[edit]
- દૂધિયું (dūdhiyũ)
References[edit]
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dugdhikā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press