کدو
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Khalaj
Noun
کُدو (kudı) (definite accusative کُدونؽ, plural کُدولار)
Declension
Declension of کدو
Persian
Etymology 1
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
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | kaḏū |
| Dari reading? | kadū |
| Iranian reading? | kadu |
| Tajik reading? | kadu |
- Rhymes: -uː
Noun
کدو • (kadu)
Descendants
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
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Noun
References
- Miller, Corey, Livingston, Jace, Vinson, Mark, Triebwasser Prado, Thomas (2014) Persian Dialects: As Spoken in Iran, University of Maryland Center for Advanced Study of Language, page 22: “Herati: n/m may drop in final position: بیرون /biru/ ‘outside’, آفرین /afäri/ ‘bravo’, کدام /kodu/.”
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian کدو (kad(d)ū).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /kəd̪.d̪uː/, /kə.d̪uː/
Noun
کدو • (kaddū) m (Hindi spelling कद्दू or कदू)
Declension
| Declension of کدو | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| direct | کدو (kaddū) | کدو (kaddū) | ||||||
| oblique | کدو (kaddū) | کدووں (kaddūõ) | ||||||
| vocative | کدو (kaddū) | کدوو (kaddūo) | ||||||
Synonyms
- (pumpkin): کمھڑا (kumhaṛā)