کدو

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Khalaj

Noun

کُدو (kudı) (definite accusative کُدونؽ, plural کُدولار)

  1. Arabic spelling of kudı (pumpkin)

Declension

Persian

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Etymology

Uncertain.

Read in Middle Persian (kaẟō). In Gilaki کوی (kūī, gourd; bowl, vessel, stop). Possibly related to Sanskrit कटु (kaṭu, bitter), or a variant reflex of کندو (kandū, beehive; a large clay bin for grain) extended from Aramaic כּדּא (kaddā), כַּנְדָּא (kandā), from Old Tamil 𑀓𑀺𑀡𑁰𑀝𑀺 (kiṇṭi).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? kaḏū
Dari reading? kadū
Iranian reading? kadu
Tajik reading? kadu

Noun

کدو (kadu)

  1. squash, gourd, cucurbit

Descendants

  • Gujarati: કદૂ (kadū)
  • Khalaj: kudı

Further reading

  • Monchi-Zadeh, Davoud (1990) Wörter aus Xurāsān und ihre Herkunft (Acta Iranica; 29)‎ (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 106–107 Nr. 309
  • Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “کدو”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 806a

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کدو (kad(d)ū).

Pronunciation

Noun

کدو (kaddūm (Hindi spelling कद्दू or कदू)

  1. pumpkin, calabash

Declension

Declension of کدو
singular plural
direct کدو (kaddū) کدو (kaddū)
oblique کدو (kaddū) کدووں (kaddūō̃)
vocative کدو (kaddū) کدوو (kaddūō)

Synonyms