Dudy (f) (plurale tantum)
Bagpipe, mouth-blown: nr. of stocks? (chanter type? / [additional] drones? [in ? stocks])
According to Sachs, from Turkish "Düdük"; According to Barbara Szydłowska-Ceglowa, "related to Polish "dudnieć/dudnić" [to rumble], or "dudek" (the Polish name of the Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops))"; Generic name of some Polish bagpipe types; In several sources, including Sachs and Baines, incorrectly interpreted as the plural form of Duda (which, strictly spoken, it actually is, grammatically [but not factually]); NB¹: The genitive form is Dud; NB²: ➺ homonyms.
Dudy
Duda, Dudeczka, Dudeczki, Dudelzak, Dudka, Dudki, Dudočka, Dudzicki, Dudziski, Dutki, Kozi róg, Krzywy róg
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