дуда

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See also: дудя

Bulgarian

бяла черница/дуда

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  • Hyphenation(key): ду‧да

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish طوت (tut, dut), ultimately of Persian origin. Loaned also in Romanian dudă, Russian тут (tut).

Noun

ду́да (dúdaf (relational adjective ду́дов)

  1. (dialectal) mulberry fruit
    Synonyms: черни́ца (černíca), бобо́лка (bobólka), бобо́нка (bobónka), бубо́нка (bubónka), му́ра (múra), му́ренка (múrenka)
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Etymology 2

Turkism (cf. Ottoman Turkish طوداق (dudak, lips)), probably of onomatopoeic origin. Some meanings may have been influenced by native ду́я (dúja, to blow).

According to Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary, the meaning “unbaptised girl” is derived from the belief that unbaptised children become spoiled and slovenly.

Noun

ду́да (dúdaf (relational adjective ду́ден)

  1. (colloquial) swelling
    1. (dated) ovoid container, jug
    2. (euphemistic) girl's genitalia
  2. (dialectal) sloppy woman
    1. (by extension) untidy, unclean, unkempt, slovenly girl (regardless of size)
    2. (derogatory) fat, chubby woman; butterball
    3. (back-formed) unbaptised girl
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References

  • дуда²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1908) “ду́да”, in Допълнение на българския рѣчникъ [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 6, Plovdiv: Печатница "Трудъ" на Петко Бѣловѣждовъ, page 104
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дуда¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 442
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дуда²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 442

Macedonian

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Noun

дуда (dudaf (plural дуди)

  1. (dialectal) unnamed female infant

Russian

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дуда́ (dudáf inan (genitive дуды́, nominative plural дуды́, genitive plural дуд)

  1. (music) pipe, bagpipes
    и швец, и жнец, и на дуде игрецi švec, i žnec, i na dude igrecjack of all trades; chief cook and bottlewasher
    дудеть в одну дудуdudetʹ v odnu duduto pipe the same tune; to sing the same song
  2. (colloquial) pipe, fife

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