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Gojri
Etymology
Inherited from Old Gujarati दही (dahī), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑀳𑀺 (dahi) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit दधि (dádhi).
Noun
دَہِی (dahī) m
- curd, coagulated milk
Further reading
Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Old Hindi दही (dahī), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑀳𑀺 (dahi) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit दधि (dádhi). Cognate to Punjabi دَہِیں (dahīṉ), Saraiki ڈَہِی (ḍahī), Sindhi ڏهي / ॾही (d̤ahī), Gujarati દહીં (dahī̃), Nepali दही (dahī), Bengali দই (doi), Odia ଦହି (dahi), ଦଇ (dai), Assamese দৈ (doi).
Pronunciation
Noun
دَہِی • (dahī) m (Hindi spelling दही)
- curd, yogurt
Declension
Declension of دہی
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singular
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plural
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direct
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دَہِی (dahī)
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دَہِی (dahī)
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oblique
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دَہِی (dahī)
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دَہِِیوں (dahiyõ)
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vocative
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دَہِی (dahī)
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دَہِِیو (dahiyo)
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Descendants
Further reading
- “دہی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “دہی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 323
- “دہی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dádhi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 351