દૂધ

Gujarati

Alternative forms

• દૂધડુ (dūdhḍu) — poetic

Etymology

Inherited from Old Gujarati दूध (dūdha), from Sauraseni 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”). Doublet of દુગ્ધ (dugdh).

Cognate with Assamese দুধ (dudh), Bengali দুধ (dudh), Hindustani دودھ / दूध (dūdh), Konkani दूद (dūd), Nepali दूध (dūdh), Odia ଦୁଧ (dudha), Malvi दूद (dūd), Marathi दूध (dūdh), Marwari दूध (dūdh), Mewari दूद (dūd), Punjabi دُدّھ / ਦੁੱਧ (duddha), Romani thud, Sinhalese දුදු (dudu), and Kashmiri دۄد (dọd).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ud̪ʱ/
  • (colloquial) IPA^(key): /dṳd/
• Rhymes: -ud̪ʱ
• Hyphenation: દૂધ

Noun

દૂધ • (dūdh) n

1. milk

   Synonyms: દુગ્ધ (dugdh), ખીર (khīr), ક્ષીર (kṣīr), શીર (śīr)

2. (by extension) milk; sap of certain plants
3. (figuratively) family; race; creed; caste