ककड़ी

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit कर्कट (karkaṭa). Cognate to Gujarati કાકડી (kākḍī), Marathi काकडी (kākḍī).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /kək.ɽiː/, [kɐk.ɽiː]

Noun

ककड़ी • (kakṛī) f (Urdu spelling ککڑی)

cucumber
Synonym: खीरा (khīrā)

Declension

Declension of ककड़ी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ककड़ी kakṛī	ककड़ियाँ kakṛiyā̃
oblique	ककड़ी kakṛī	ककड़ियों kakṛiyõ
vocative	ककड़ी kakṛī	ककड़ियो kakṛiyo

Descendants

→ Maithili: ककड़ी (kakᵊṛī)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “kakṛī”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “karkaṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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