দই
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দই (doi, “yogurt”)
Bengali
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Bengali দহী (dohi), from Prakrit 𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀅 (dahia), from Sanskrit দধিক (dadhika).[1] Doublet of দধি (dodhi), ধান (dhan), and ধেনু (dhenu).
Cognates
Pronunciation
Noun
দই • (doi)
- curd yogurt, dahi
- দই খাবেন?
- doi khaben?
- Would you like some yogurt?
- (literally, “Will you eat yogurt?”)
Inflection
| Inflection of দই | |||
| nominative | দই dôi | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| objective | দই / দইকে dôi (semantically general or indefinite) / dôike (semantically definite) | ||
| genitive | দইর dôir | ||
| locative | দইতে dôite | ||
| Indefinite forms | |||
| nominative | দই dôi | ||
| objective | দই / দইকে dôi (semantically general or indefinite) / dôike (semantically definite) | ||
| genitive | দইর dôir | ||
| locative | দইতে dôite | ||
| Definite forms | |||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | দইটা , দইটি dôiṭa (colloquial), dôiṭi (formal) |
দইগুলা, দইগুলো dôigula (colloquial), dôigulo (formal) | |
| objective | দইটা, দইটি dôiṭa (colloquial), dôiṭi (formal) |
দইগুলা, দইগুলো dôigula (colloquial), dôigulo (formal) | |
| genitive | দইটার, দইটির dôiṭar (colloquial), dôiṭir (formal) |
দইগুলার, দইগুলোর dôigular (colloquial), dôigulor (formal) | |
| locative | দইটাতে / দইটায়, দইটিতে dôiṭate / dôiṭay (colloquial), dôiṭite (formal) |
দইগুলাতে / দইগুলায়, দইগুলোতে dôigulate / dôigulay (colloquial), dôigulote (formal) | |
| Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke). | |||
Derived terms
References
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dádhi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 351: “A. B. dai”