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Russian
Etymology
From дуда́ (dudá, “fife, pipe”) + -ка (-ka). Miklosich and Berneker considered this Slavic word to be borrowed from Turkic, but Vasmer and Brückner believe that the close sound rendition of these onomatopoetic words is a "mere chance". Cognate with Lithuanian daudýtė (“panpipe”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ду́дка • (dúdka) f inan (genitive ду́дки, nominative plural ду́дки, genitive plural ду́док, diminutive ду́дочка)
- fife, pipe (small shrill pipe)
- пляса́ть под чью́-либо ду́дку (idiomatic) ― pljasátʹ pod čʹjú-libo dúdku ― to dance to someone's tune / piping
- (slang) vape
Declension
- ду́дки! (dúdki!, “not on your life!, fudge!, rats!”) (interjection)
Descendants
References
- ^ “dudka” in Diccionario histórico de la lengua española, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2020.
- ^ “dutka” in Diccionario histórico de la lengua española, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2020.