दही

From Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑀳𑀺 (dahi), from Sanskrit दधि (dádhi). Doublet of दहियो (dahiyo). Cognate to Punjabi ਦਹੀਂ (dahī̃), Gujarati દહીં (dahī̃), Marathi दही (dahī), Nepali दही (dahī), Bengali দই (doi).

दही (dahī) m

1. curd, yogurt

Inherited from Old Hindi दही (dahī), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑀳𑀺 (dahi) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit दधि (dádhi). Cognate to Punjabi ਦਹੀਂ (dahī̃), Gujarati દહીં (dahī̃), Marathi दही (dahī), Nepali दही (dahī), Bengali দই (doi).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪ə.ɦiː/, [d̪ɐ.ɦiː]
• Hyphenation: द‧ही

दही • (dahī) m (Urdu spelling دَہِی)

1. curd, yogurt

• → English: dahi

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दही”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 486
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dádhi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 351

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘟𑘮𑘲𑘽 (dahīṃ), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀤𑀳𑀺 (dahi), from Sanskrit दधि (dádhi). Cognate to Konkani धंय (dhãy).

• IPA^(key): /d̪ə.ɦi/, [d̪ʱəiː]
• Hyphenation: द‧ही

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दही • (dahī) n

1. dahi, curd, yogurt

   दही उष्णतेत आंबट होऊन जातं.

   dahī uṣṇatet āmbaṭ hoūn jātam.

   Curd turns sour in heat.

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑀳𑀺 (dahi), from Sanskrit दधि (dádhi). Cognate with Old Marathi 𑘟𑘮𑘲𑘽 (dahīṃ), Old Hindi दही (dahī), Old Punjabi ਦਹੀ (dahī /⁠dahīṃ⁠/), Middle Bengali দহী (dohi).

दही • (dahī) n

1. curd, yogurt
   • c. 1450, Nalarāyadavadantīcarita 44:

     ऊतारा पुर-बाहिरि घणा। भीमि कराव्या रायहं-तणा।
     वर मंडप मंडाविउ रीति। दहीय-धवल रूप-नी भीति॥

     ūtārā pura-bāhiri ghaṇā. bhīmi karāvyā rāyahaṃ-taṇā.
     vara maṃḍapa maṃḍāviu rīti. dahīya-dhavala rūpa-nī bhīti.

     Outside the city Bhīma caused many camps to be erected for the kings
     and a splendid pavilion adorned according to the custom with silver walls of the whiteness of curds.

• Gojri: دَہِی (dahī)
• Middle Gujarati: दहि, दही
  • Gujarati: દહીં (dahī̃)
• Malvi: दंईं (dãī̃)
• Marwari:

  Devanagari script: दई (daī)

  Mahajani script: 𑅥𑅑 (di)

• Nimadi: धइ (dhai)

• Ernest Bender (1951) “dahī”, in Nalarāyadavadantīcarita [Adventures of King Nala and Davadantī], Independence Square, Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, page 353, column 1.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dádhi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 351

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑀳𑀺 (dahi), from Sanskrit दधि (dádhi). Cognate with Old Punjabi ਦਹੀ (dahī /⁠dahīṃ⁠/), Old Marathi 𑘟𑘮𑘲𑘽 (dahīṃ), Old Gujarati दही (dahī), Middle Bengali দহী (dohi).

दही (dahī)

1. curd, yogurt
   • c. 1420, Kabīr, Kabīr Vāṇī 60.3:

     ऐक दहीडिया दही जंमायौ। दूसरी परिगई सारी रे।
     न्यूंति जिमांऊं आपनौं करहा। छार मुनिस की दाढी रे॥

     aika dahīḍiyā dahī jaṃmāyau. dūsarī parigaī sārī re.
     nyūṃti jimāṃūṃ āpanauṃ karahā. chāra munisa kī dāḍhī re.

• Braj: दही (dahī)
• Bundeli: दई (daī), दै (dai)
• Hindustani: dahī

  Hindi: दही

  Urdu: دَہِی

  • → English: dahi

• Winand M. Callewaert, Swapna Sharma (2009) Dictionary of Bhakti, Ramesh Nagar Metro Station, New Delhi 110 015: D.K. Printworld (P) Ltd., →ISBN, page 927, column 2.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dádhi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 351

दही (dahī)

1. Devanagari script form of 𑀤𑀳𑀻, which is vocative singular & nominative/vocative/accusative plural of 𑀤𑀳𑀺 (dahi)