دہی

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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

  1. curd, coagulated milk

Further reading

Old Punjabi

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Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀤𑀳𑀺 (dahi) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit दधि (dádhi). Doublet of دَدِھ (dadhi). Cognate with Old Gujarati दही (dahī), Old Hindi दही (dahī), Old Marathi 𑘟𑘮𑘲𑘽 (dahīṃ), Middle Bengali দহী (dohi).

Noun

دَہِی (dahī /dahīṃ/) m (Gurmukhi ਦਹੀ)

  1. curds, coagulated milk, yogurt

Descendants

  • Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਦਹੀਂ (dahī̃)
    Shahmukhi script: دَہِیں (dahīṉ)

Further reading

  • Christopher Shackle (2011) “ਦਹੀ”, in A Gurū Nānak Glossary, 2nd edition, New Delhi: Heritage Publishers, →ISBN, page 150.
  • “ਦਹੀ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2024
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dádhi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 351

Urdu

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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 (dôhi), ଦଇ (dôi), Assamese দৈ (doi).

Pronunciation

Noun

دَہِی • (dahī) m (Hindi spelling दही)

  1. curd, yogurt

Declension

Declension of دہی
singular plural
direct دَہِی (dahī) دَہِی (dahī)
oblique دَہِی (dahī) دَہِیوں (dahiyō̃)
vocative دَہِی (dahī) دَہِیو (dahiyō)

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
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