Duda (f)
In several sources, including Sachs and Baines considered to be the singular form of Dudy, and incorrectly used as such as the name of Polish bagpipes; According to Sachs, "originally, however, a double shawm with a common mouthpiece"; Though the term is, originally, a ruthenism, popularised in the 19th and 20th centuries in the literary language by writers of the borderland with Ukraine (Ruthenia), it also occurs colloquially, in proverbs, &c.; NB¹: ➺ homonyms; NB²: ➺ Dudka.
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