gudge
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Noun
[edit]gudge (uncountable)
Etymology 2
[edit]From Hindi गज (gaj). Doublet of guz/gaz. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
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[edit]Noun
[edit]gudge (plural gudges)
- (obsolete) A Persian measure of length, about a yard.
- (obsolete, India) Any of various widely different measures of length.
- (historical) A measure of length equivalent to sixteen girah, or approximately one yard.
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[edit]- Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “gudge”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].