દોણી

Gujarati

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀤𑁄𑀳𑀡 (dohaṇa), from Sanskrit दोहनी (dohanī). Cognate with Bengali দোহনী (dōhoni), Hindustani دُہْنی / दुहनी (duhnī), Kachchi ડોણો (ḍoṇo), Punjabi دوہنی / ਦੋਹਨੀ (dohnī), Odia ଦୋହନୀ (dohani), and Sinhalese දෝහය (dōhaya).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ɔ.ɳi/
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: દો‧ણી

Noun

દોણી • (doṇī) f

1. an earthen pot that carries dairy products (milk, yogurt, buttermilk, etc.)
   • 2011, શ્રીરામકૃષ્ણ કથામૃત (અખંડ), Mahendranath Gupta:

     દહીંની દોણી ધોઈ હોય તોય તેમાં રાખતાં બીક લાગે ; ઘણે ભાગે દૂધ બગડી જાય.

     dahī̃nī doṇī dhoī hoy toy temā̃ rākhtā̃ bīk lāge ; ghaṇe bhāge dūdh bagḍī jāya.

     Even if the yogurt pot is washed, it feels risky to keep things in it; often, the milk spoils.

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dṓhana”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press