रबड़ी

Hindi

Alternative forms

राबड़ी (rābṛī)

Etymology

Derived from Prakrit रब्ब- f (rabba-, “inspissated decoction”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀟- (-ḍa-) + -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-). Compare राब f (rāb, “inspissated juice”). Cognate with Punjabi ਰਬੜੀ (rabṛī), Nepali राबड़ि (rābaṛi), Odia ରାବିଡ଼ି (rābiṛi), Gujarati રાબડી (rābḍī), and Marathi राबडी (rābḍī).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɾəb.ɽiː/, [ɾɐb.ɽiː]

Noun

रबड़ी • (rabṛī) f (Urdu spelling ربڑی)

rabadi (dessert made from sweetened condensed milk)

Declension

Declension of *रबड़ी* (fem ī-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	रबड़ी rabṛī	रबड़ियाँ rabṛiyā̃
oblique	रबड़ी rabṛī	रबड़ियों rabṛiyõ
vocative	रबड़ी rabṛī	रबड़ियो rabṛiyo

Descendants

→ English: rabadi, rabri
→ Bengali: রাবড়ি (raboṛi), রাবড়ী (raboṛi)

References

Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “rabaṛī”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House

^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “10623”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

[1] Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “10623”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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