દૂધી

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Gujarati

દૂધી

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit दुग्धिका (dugdhikā) (not attested outside of lexicographer's lists), from दुग्ध (dugdha, “milk”) +‎ -इका (-ikā).[1] Cognate with Hindustani دودھی / दूधी (dūdhī) and Marathi दुध्या (dudhyā).

Note the similarly-shaped words for "gourd" in Western Asia, documented at Old Armenian դդում (ddum) (→ Romani dudum).

Pronunciation

Noun

દૂધી • (dūdhī) f

  1. bottle gourd, calabash - fruit of the Lagenaria siceraria

References

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

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