دودھ

See also: دودة

Urdu

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *dʰugʰ-tó-s
    Sanskrit दुग्ध (dugdha)
    Prakrit 𑀤𑀼𑀤𑁆𑀥 (duddha)
    Urdu دُودھ (dūdh)

    Inherited from Middle Hindi دودھ (dvdh /⁠dūdh⁠/) (c. 1411),[1] / دود (dvd /⁠dūd⁠/) (c. 1635),[2] from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑀼𑀤𑁆𑀥 (duddha), from Sanskrit दुग्ध (dugdhá),[3] from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰugdʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugʰ-tó-s, from *dʰewgʰ- (“to yield”).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    دُودھ • (dūdh) m (Hindi spelling दूध)

    1. milk
      Synonym: شِیر (śīr)
    2. (by extension) milk; sap of certain plants
    3. (by extension) coconut water
    4. a woman's breast, nipple
    5. (figuratively) family; race; creed; caste
    6. (figuratively, rare) light (as opposed to darkness)

    Declension

    Declension of دودھ
    singular plural
    direct دُودھ (dūdh) دُودھ (dūdh)
    oblique دُودھ (dūdh) دُودھوں (dūdhõ)
    vocative دُودھ (dūdh) دُودھو (dūdho)

    Descendants

    • → Gulf Arabic: ديد (dēd)

    References

    1. ^ “دودھ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
    2. ^ “دود”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
    3. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dugdhá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

    Further reading

    More information
    • “دودھ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
    • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “دودهـ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 317
    • Platts, John T. (1884) “دودهہ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 532
    • S. W. Fallon (1879) “دودھ”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 646
    • John Shakespear (1834) “دودهـ”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
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