दूधी

Hindi

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /d̪uː.d̪ʱiː/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit दुग्धिका (dugdhikā) (not attested outside of lexicographer's lists), from दुग्ध (dugdha, “milk”) +‎ -इका (-ikā).[1] Cognate with Marathi दुध्या (dudhyā).

Note the similarly-shaped words for "gourd" in Western Asia, documented at Old Armenian դդում (ddum).

Noun

दूधी • (dūdhī) f (Urdu spelling دودھی)

  1. bottle gourd, calabash; fruit of the Lagenaria siceraria
    Synonyms: (more common) लौकी (laukī), घीया (ghīyā)
Declension
Declension of दूधी (fem ī-stem)
singular plural
direct दूधी
dūdhī		 दूधियाँ
dūdhiyā̃
oblique दूधी
dūdhī		 दूधियों
dūdhiyõ
vocative दूधी
dūdhī		 दूधियो
dūdhiyo
Descendants
  • → English: dudhi

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit दुग्धिन् (dugdhin).

Adjective

दूधी • (dūdhī) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling دودھی)

  1. milky, having milk

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