01-13-2009, 02:22 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-dhu+Jan 13 2009, 12:14 PM-->QUOTE(dhu @ Jan 13 2009, 12:14 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->there is a coloquial hindi word, dukaria (old woman), which expands both the indic semantic and linguistic fields.
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dhu, while it can very well be as you propose, I think "DokarI" and its forms "DokariyA" in braja and western hindI might have to do with "duShkarI", "duShkarA" meaning: of miserable, arduous, difficult life/work -- since that word DokarI I have seen used in that sense... so guessing.
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dhu, while it can very well be as you propose, I think "DokarI" and its forms "DokariyA" in braja and western hindI might have to do with "duShkarI", "duShkarA" meaning: of miserable, arduous, difficult life/work -- since that word DokarI I have seen used in that sense... so guessing.