દૂધી
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Gujarati
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Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Sanskrit दुग्धिका (dugdhikā) (not attested outside of lexicographer's lists), from दुग्ध (dugdha, “milk”) + -इका (-ikā).[1] Cognate with Hindustani دودھی / दूधी (dūdhī) and Marathi दुध्या (dudhyā).
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) f
- 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
Further reading
[edit]- “દૂધી”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.