दूधी

Hindi

Pronunciation

(Delhi) 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)

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)

milky, having milk

References

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

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

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