દૂધ

Gujarati

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, from *dʰewgʰ- (“to yield”).

Cognate with Assamese দুধ (dudh), Bengali দুধ (dudh), Hindustani دودھ / दूध (dūdh), Konkani दूद (dūd), Nepali दूध (dūdh), Odia ଦୁଧ (dudhô), Malvi दूद (dūd), Marwari दूध (dūdh), Mewari दूद (dūd), Punjabi ਦੁੱਧ (duddha), Romani thud, Sinhalese දුදු (dudu), Marathi दूध (dūdh) and Kashmiri دۄد (dọd).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /dṳd/

Noun

દૂધ • (dūdh) n

1. milk

   Synonyms: ખીર (khīr), ક્ષીર (kṣīr), શીર (śīr)

2. the milky juice of plants, sap