See also: दुध and द्ध

Hindi

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Etymology

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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

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /d̪uːd̪ʱ/

Noun

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दूध (dūdhm (Urdu spelling دودھ)

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

Declension

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Declension of दूध (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct दूध
dūdh
दूध
dūdh
oblique दूध
dūdh
दूधों
dūdhõ
vocative दूध
dūdh
दूधो
dūdho

Descendants

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  • Gulf Arabic: ديد (dēd)

References

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  • Goto, Toshifumi (2013) Old Indo-Aryan Morphology and its Indo-Iranian Background (Veroffentlichungen zur Iranistik; 60)‎[2], 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

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गायीचे दूध
 
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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /d̪ud̪ʱ/, [d̪uːd̪ʱ]
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Noun

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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

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Marwari

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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दूध (dūdhm

  1. milk

References

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  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dugdha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  • दूध”, in राजस्थानी सबदकोस [rājasthānī sabadkos], charans.org, 2025
  • दूध”, in Marwari Dictionary, SIL International, 2015

Nepali

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit दुग्ध (dugdha)[1].

Pronunciation

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Noun

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दूध (dūdh)

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

Declension

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

Derived terms

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References

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

Further reading

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  • Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “दूध”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar
  • दूध”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎[3], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018

Old Gujarati

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Prakrit 𑀤𑀼𑀤𑁆𑀥 (duddha), from Sanskrit दुग्ध (dugdha), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugʰ-tó-s. Cognate with Old Marathi दूध (dūdha).

    Noun

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    दूध (dūdhan sg (instrumental)

    1. milk

    Descendants

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    References

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