দই

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).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /doi/, [d̪oi̯]
    Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: দ‧ই
  • Rhymes: -oi

Noun

দই • (doi)

  1. curd yogurt, dahi
    দই খাবেন?
    doi khaben?
    Would you like some yogurt?
    (literally, “Will you eat yogurt?”)

Inflection

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

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dádhi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 351:A. B. dai