दूध

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See also: दुध, and द्ध

Hindi

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Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑀼𑀤𑁆𑀥 (duddha), from Sanskrit दुग्ध (dugdhá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰugdʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugʰ-tó-s, from *dʰewgʰ- (to yield). Doublet of दुग्ध (dugdh).

Cognate with Rohingya dut / 𐴊𐴟𐴃𐴢 (dut), Sylheti ꠖꠥꠗ (dudó), Assamese দুধ (dudh), Odia ଦୁଧ (dudha), Bengali দুধ (dudh), Nepali दुध (dudh), Konkani दूद (dūd), Gujarati દૂધ (dūdh), Malvi दूद (dūd), Marwari दूध (dūdh), Mewari दूद (dūd), Punjabi ਦੁੱਧ (duddha), Romani thud, Sinhalese දුදු (dudu), Marathi दूध (dūdh), Kashmiri دۄد (dọd), Kannada ದುಗ್ಧ (dugdha), Tamil துத்தம் (tuttam).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /d̪uːd̪ʱ/

Noun

दूध (dūdhm (Urdu spelling دودھ)

  1. milk
    Synonyms: शीर (śīr), दुग्ध (dugdh)

Declension

Descendants

  • Gulf Arabic: ديد (dēd)

References

  • Goto, Toshifumi (2013) Old Indo-Aryan Morphology and its Indo-Iranian Background (Veroffentlichungen zur Iranistik; 60)‎, Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, →ISBN, § 3.8.3. verbal adjectives, page 139
  • McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दूध”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dugdha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Marathi

गायीचे दूध
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Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi दूध (dūdha), Maharastri Prakrit 𑀤𑀼𑀤𑁆𑀥 (duddha), from Sanskrit दुग्ध (dugdha).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d̪ud̪ʱ/,
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

दूध (dūdhn

  1. milk
  2. the milky sap of plants
  3. an emulsion of the cocoanut or other oily kernels or seeds
  4. the early white substance in the ear which grows and hardens into rice
  5. bubby

References

Marwari

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Gujarati दूध (dūdha), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑀼𑀤𑁆𑀥 (duddha), from Sanskrit दुग्ध (dugdhá), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *dugdʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰugdʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugʰ-tó-s. Cognate with Gujarati દૂધ (dūdh).

Noun

दूध (dūdhm

  1. milk

References

Nepali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit दुग्ध (dugdha)[1].

Pronunciation

Noun

दूध (dūdh)

  1. milk
    Synonym: ओलन (olan)
  2. breast
    Synonyms: स्तन (stan), कुच (kuc)
  3. the milky sap of plants
    Synonym: चोप (cop)

Declension

Declension of दूध
Singular
nominative दूध
accusative दूधलाई
instrumental/ergative दूधले
dative दूधलाई
ablative दूधबाट
genitive दूधको
locative दूधमा
Notes:
  • -को (-ko) becomes:
    • -का (-kā) when followed by a plural noun.
    • -की (-kī) when followed by a feminine noun.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ दूध”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś), Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018

Further reading

  • Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “दूध”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar
  • दूध”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś), Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018