کدو

Khalaj

Noun

کُدو (kudı) (definite accusative کُدونؽ, plural کُدولار)

1. Arabic spelling of kudı (“pumpkin”)

Declension

Declension of کدو

	singular	plural
nominative	کدو	کدولار
genitive	کدوݧ	کدولارؽݧ
dative	کدوقا	کدولارقا
definite accusative	کدوݧ	کدولارؽ
locative	کدوچا	کدولارچا
ablative	کدودا	کدولاردا
instrumental	کدولا	کدولارلا
equative	کدووارا	کدولاروارا

Persian

Etymology 1

Uncertain.

Read in Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kaẟō). In Gilaki کوی (kūī, “gourd; bowl, vessel, stop”). Possibly related to Sanskrit कटु (kaṭu, “bitter”), or a variant reflex of کندو (kandū, “beehive; a large clay bin for grain”) extended from Aramaic כּדּא (kaddā), כַּנְדָּא (kandā), from Old Tamil 𑀓𑀺𑀡𑁰𑀝𑀺 (kiṇṭi).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ka.ˈðuː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.d̪úː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.d̪úː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰä.d̪úː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰä.d̪ú]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæ.d̪úː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.d̪ú]

Readings
Classical reading?	kaḏū
Dari reading?	kadū
Iranian reading?	kadu
Tajik reading?	kadu

• Rhymes: -uː

Noun

کدو • (kadu)

1. squash, gourd, cucurbit

Descendants

• → Gujarati: કદૂ (kadū)
• → Khalaj: kudı

Further reading

• Monchi-Zadeh, Davoud (1990) Wörter aus Xurāsān und ihre Herkunft (Acta Iranica; 29)‎^[1] (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 106–107 Nr. 309
• 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^[2] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 806a

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Herati) IPA^(key): [kʰo.d̪úː]

Noun

کدو • (kodu) (dialectal)

1. Herati form of کدام (kodâm, “which”)

References

• Miller, Corey, Livingston, Jace, Vinson, Mark, Triebwasser Prado, Thomas (2014) Persian Dialects: As Spoken in Iran‎^[3], University of Maryland Center for Advanced Study of Language, page 22: “Herati: n/m may drop in final position: بیرون /biru/ ‘outside’, آفرین /afäri/ ‘bravo’, کدام /kodu/.”

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کدو (kad(d)ū).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. pumpkin, calabash

Declension

Declension of کدو
	singular	plural
direct	کدو (kaddū)	کدو (kaddū)
oblique	کدو (kaddū)	کدووں (kaddūõ)
vocative	کدو (kaddū)	کدوو (kaddūo)

Synonyms

• (pumpkin): کمھڑا (kumhaṛā)