دھی

Inherited from Old Punjabi ਧੀਅ (dhīa), from Paisaci Prakrit [Term?] , from Sanskrit दुहितृ (duhitṛ), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *dúźʰHtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰuǰʰHtā, from an earlier *dʰúgʰHtā (“daughter”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr (“daughter”).

• IPA^(key): /t̪iː˨/

دھی (dhī)

1. daughter

Inherited from Old Punjabi ਧੀਅ (dhīa), from Prakrit 𑀥𑀽𑀆 (dhūā), from Sanskrit दुहितृ (duhitṛ), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰúgʰHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr, possibly from *dʰewgʰ- + *-tḗr. Cognate with poetic Hindi धिया (dhiyā) and Southern Hindko تہی (thī).

• (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: tī̀ IPA^(key): /t̪iː˨/
• Rhymes: -iː˨

دھی • (dhī) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਧੀ)

1. daughter

2=dh

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “دھی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “دھی”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “ਧੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “duhitŕ̊”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press