Dudka (f)
According to Sachs "a small bagpipe"; The name is, however, a common diminutive and originally a ruthenism, popularised in the 19th and 20th centuries in the literary language by writers of the borderland with Ukraine (Ruthenia), but it also occurs colloquially, in proverbs, &c.; NB¹: ➺ homonyms; NB²: ➺ Dudki.
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