ꠖꠥꠗ

Sylheti

ꠖꠥꠗ

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀤𑀼𑀤𑁆𑀥 (duddha), from Sanskrit दुग्ध (dugdhá), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *dugdʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰugdʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugʰ-tó-s, from *dʰewgʰ- (“to yield”).

Cognate with Bengali দুধ (dudh), Assamese দুধ (dudh), Rohingya dut / 𐴊𐴟𐴃𐴢 (dut), Odia ଦୁଧ (dudha), Hindustani دودھ / दूध (dūdh), Nepali दूध (dūdh), Punjabi ਦੁੱਧ (duddha), Romani thud, Sinhalese දුදු (dudu), Marathi दूध (dūdh), Kashmiri دۄد (dọd), as well as Kannada ದುಗ್ಧ (dugdha), Tamil துத்தம் (tuttam), Gulf Arabic ديد (dēd).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪ud̪/

Noun

ꠖꠥꠗ • (dud)

1. milk
   • ꠔꠣꠘ ꠝꠣꠕꠣꠞ ꠌꠥꠟ ꠖꠥꠗꠞ ꠟꠣꠈꠣꠘ ꠗꠟꠣ ꠌꠇꠌꠇꠣ (Bible in Sylheti, Revelation 1:14)

     tan matár sul dudór laxán dóla soxsoxe

     The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. (ESV)

     (literally, “The hairs of his head were like milk, shining white”)

Declension

Inflection of ꠖꠥꠗ (dudó)
	indefinite forms
nominative	ꠖꠥꠗ (dud)
objective	ꠖꠥꠗ / ꠖꠥꠗꠞꠦ (dud (semantically general or indefinite) / dudre (semantically definite))
genitive	ꠖꠥꠗꠞ (dudor)
locative	ꠖꠥꠗꠧ (dudo)
ergative	ꠖꠥꠗꠦ (dude)
	definite forms
	singular	plural
nominative	ꠖꠥꠗꠉꠥ (dudogu)	ꠖꠥꠗꠉꠥꠁꠘ (dudoguin)
objective	ꠖꠥꠗꠉꠥ / ꠖꠥꠗꠉꠥꠞꠦ (dudogu / dudogure)	ꠖꠥꠗꠉꠥꠁꠘ / ꠖꠥꠗꠉꠥꠁꠘꠞꠦ (dudoguin / dudoguinre)
genitive	ꠖꠥꠗꠉꠥꠞ (dudogur)	ꠖꠥꠗꠉꠥꠁꠘꠞ (dudoguinor)
locative	ꠖꠥꠗꠉꠥꠔ (dudogut)	ꠖꠥꠗꠉꠥꠁꠘꠧ (dudoguino)
ergative	ꠖꠥꠗꠉꠥꠄ (dudogue)	ꠖꠥꠗꠉꠥꠁꠘꠦ (dudoguine)

References

• Gwynn, Roger (2016) “đuđ”, in Londoni Sylheti dictionary, Part I : Sylheti-English, Middletown, DE: Acre Press.