دہی
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
Further reading
- Dr Rafique Anjum (2018) Concise Gojri-Kashmiri-English Dictionary, New Delhi: Adam Publishers & Distributors, →ISBN, page 231.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dádhi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 351
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
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /d̪ə.ɦiː/
- Hyphenation: دَ‧ہِی
- Rhymes: -iː
Noun
دَہِی • (dahī) m (Hindi spelling दही)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | دَہِی (dahī) | دَہِی (dahī) |
| oblique | دَہِی (dahī) | دَہِِیوں (dahiyõ) |
| vocative | دَہِی (dahī) | دَہِِیو (dahiyo) |
Descendants
- → English: dahi
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 [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dádhi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 351