दै

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See also: ढ, ट, द, दाः, and दो

Bodo (India)

Etymology

From Proto-Bodo-Garo *tɯi¹ (“water”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-t(w)əj-n ~ m-ti-s (“water; fluid; liquid; river; to soak; to spit”). Cognate with Dimasa di, Kokborok twi, Rabha চিকা, Garo ci, Tiwa ti, Deori জি, Mising আচি (asi), Mizo tui, Manipuri ꯏꯁꯤꯡ (ising).

Pronunciation

Noun

दै (dôi) (Latin script dwi)

  1. water

Bundeli

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Hindi दही (dahī), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑀳𑀺 (dahi) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit दधि (dádhi). Doublet of दद (dad) and दध (dadh).

Noun

दै (dai) m

  1. curd, yogurt

References

  • रमेश गुप्त (2011) “दै”, in श्रीराम तिवारी , अशोक मिश्र , editors, बुन्देली - हिन्दी शब्दकोश [Bundeli - Hindi Dictionary] (in Hindi), शिवाजी नगर, भोपाल : संस्कृति संचालनालय, माध्यमिक शिक्षा मण्डल परिसर , →ISBN, दे/दै, page 150, column 2.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dádhi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 351

Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Etymology

Probably from a semantic extension of the root दा (dā, “to divide”) via a prefix such as वि- (vi-) or अव- (ava-).

Pronunciation

Root

दै • (dai)

  1. to purify, cleanse

Derived terms

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “दै”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 497/1.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 72
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 718; 747
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