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