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milch

/mɪlt͡ʃ/

milch adjective: used to produce milk; dairy.

Adjective

milch (not comparable)

  1. (dated) Used to produce milk; dairy.
    • so many cattle […] old cows and young cows; meek-eyed milch cows and fierce […] Texas steers.1906, Upton Sinclair, The Jungle
  2. (dated) Currently producing milk for its offspring.
    • She wildly breaketh from their strict embrace / Like a milch doe, whose swelling dugs do ache / Hasting to feed her fawn, hid in some break.1593, [William Shakespeare], Venus and Adonis, London: […] Richard Field, […], →OCLC
    • you must house your Milch-cows1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], →OCLC
  3. (obsolete) Tender; pitiful; weeping.

milch meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

milch in Hindi

milch, giving milk
दुधार dudhār

milch in Tamil

கறவைக்குரிய, பால்தரும்

milch in Urdu

دودھار, دودھیل, شیر دار

milch in Malayalam

കറവയുളള, പാലുള്ള, ക്ഷീരദായകമായ
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milch in Kannada
ಪಾಲ್ಗರೆ, ಹಾಲುಕರೆ, ಹಾಲು ಹಿಂಡು, ಹಾಲುಕರೆಯುವ
milch in Gujarati
દૂઝણું dūjhṇũ
milch in Sanskrit
धेनु dhenú
milch in Nepali
दुहुनु duhunu
milch in Persian
دنو danu

Origin of milch

From Middle English milche, melche, from Old English *melċe, *milċe (attested in þrimilċe, þrimilċemōnaþ), from Proto-Germanic *milkijaz, *melkijaz from Proto-Germanic *melkaz (“milky, milk-giving”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ- (“to wipe, wipe off, milk”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian meelk (“milch”), Low German melke (“milch”), German melk (“milk-giving, milch”), Alemannic German mëlch (“milch, milkable”), Icelandic milkur, mjólkur (“milk-giving”). More at milk. Compare milchig.

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Questions about milch

What does milch mean?
Milch means used to produce milk; dairy.
What is milch in Hindi?
Milch in Hindi is दुधार (dudhār). See Milch meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is milch?
Milch is an adjective.
How do you pronounce milch?
Milch is pronounced /mɪlt͡ʃ/.

Words near milch in the dictionary

  1. Milburns
  2. Milby
  3. Milbys
  4. MILC
  5. Milcah
  6. milch
  7. milch camel
  8. milch camels
  9. milch cow
  10. milch cows
  11. milchamot chovah

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Adapted from Wiktionary: milch (page history and authors); दुधार (Hindi) (page history and authors); milch (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); milch (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); milch (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); milch (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); धेनु (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); दुहुनु (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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