𑀤𑀳𑀺
Prakrit
Alternative forms
- 𑀤𑀥𑀺 (dadhi)
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit 𑀤𑀥𑀺 (dádhi). Cognate with Pali dadhi.
Noun
𑀤𑀳𑀺 (dahi) n (Devanagari दहि, Gujarati દહિ, Kannada ದಹಿ) (attested in Ardhamāgadhī, Jain Māhārāṣṭrī, Māhārāṣṭrī, Māgadhī, Śaurasenī)
- curd, dahi
- c. 700 CE, Anonymous, Maṇipati-Carita 611:
- 𑀆𑀕𑀸𑀲-𑀪𑀽𑀫𑀺-𑀪𑀁𑀟𑁄𑀬𑀭𑀁𑀫𑀺 𑀚𑁄𑀦𑁆𑀳𑀸-𑀤𑀳𑀻𑀏 𑀫𑀳𑀡𑁂𑀡
𑀧𑀼𑀦𑁆𑀦𑀺𑀫-𑀕𑁄𑀬𑀸𑀮𑀺𑀡𑀻𑀏 𑀫𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀡-𑀧𑀺𑀁𑀟𑁄-𑀯𑁆𑀯 𑀭𑀸𑀬𑀡𑀺𑀬𑀭𑁄- āgāsa-bhūmi-bhaṃḍoyaraṃmi jŏnhā-dahīe mahaṇeṇa
punnima-goyāliṇīe makkhaṇa-piṃḍo-vva rāyaṇiyaro
- 1959 translation by Robert Hamilton Blair Williams
- The moon was like a lump of butter within the container of the firmament and the earth,
butter produced by the churning of the curds of the moonlight by the dairymaid that is the full moon.
- The moon was like a lump of butter within the container of the firmament and the earth,
- āgāsa-bhūmi-bhaṃḍoyaraṃmi jŏnhā-dahīe mahaṇeṇa
- 𑀆𑀕𑀸𑀲-𑀪𑀽𑀫𑀺-𑀪𑀁𑀟𑁄𑀬𑀭𑀁𑀫𑀺 𑀚𑁄𑀦𑁆𑀳𑀸-𑀤𑀳𑀻𑀏 𑀫𑀳𑀡𑁂𑀡
Declension
| Maharastri declension of 𑀤𑀳𑀺 (neuter) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| Nominative | 𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀁 (dahiṃ) or 𑀤𑀳𑀺 (dahi) | 𑀤𑀳𑀻𑀇𑀁 (dahīiṃ) or 𑀤𑀳𑀻𑀡𑀺 (dahīṇi) or 𑀤𑀳𑀻 (dahī) |
| Accusative | 𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀁 (dahiṃ) or 𑀤𑀳𑀺 (dahi) | 𑀤𑀳𑀻𑀇𑀁 (dahīiṃ) or 𑀤𑀳𑀻𑀡𑀺 (dahīṇi) or 𑀤𑀳𑀻 (dahī) |
| Instrumental | 𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀡𑀸 (dahiṇā) | 𑀤𑀳𑀻𑀳𑀺 (dahīhi) or 𑀤𑀳𑀻𑀳𑀺𑀁 (dahīhiṃ) |
| Dative | — | — |
| Ablative | 𑀤𑀳𑀻𑀑 (dahīo) or 𑀤𑀳𑀻𑀉 (dahīu) or 𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀡𑁄 (dahiṇo) or 𑀤𑀳𑀻𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (dahīhiṃto) | — |
| Genitive | 𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀲𑁆𑀲 (dahissa) or 𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀡𑁄 (dahiṇo) | 𑀤𑀳𑀻𑀡 (dahīṇa) or 𑀤𑀳𑀻𑀡𑀁 (dahīṇaṃ) |
| Locative | 𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (dahimmi) | 𑀤𑀳𑀻𑀲𑀼 (dahīsu) or 𑀤𑀳𑀻𑀲𑀼𑀁 (dahīsuṃ) |
| Vocative | 𑀤𑀳𑀺 (dahi) or 𑀤𑀳𑀻 (dahī) | 𑀤𑀳𑀻𑀇𑀁 (dahīiṃ) or 𑀤𑀳𑀻𑀡𑀺 (dahīṇi) or 𑀤𑀳𑀻 (dahī) |
Derived terms
- 𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀅 (dahia) (see there for further descendants)
Terms inherited from *𑀤𑀳𑀺-𑀘𑀁𑀕𑁂𑀭 (*dahi-caṃgera)
- Central:
- Western Hindi:
- Braj: दहेगर (dahegar)
- Hindustani:
- Hindi: दहेंगर
- Urdu: دَہینگَر
- Western Hindi:
Terms inherited from *𑀤𑀳𑀺-𑀪𑀁𑀟-𑀇𑀆 ~ *𑀤𑀳𑀺-𑀪𑀁𑀟-𑀇𑀕𑀸 (*dahi-bhaṃḍa-iā ~ *dahi-bhaṃḍa-igā) (with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓- (-ika-))
- Central:
- Eastern:
- Bengali: দই হাঁড়ি (doi hãṛi)
- Odia: ଦହି ହାଣ୍ଡି (dahi hāṇḍi)
- Northwestern:
- Punjabi: ਦਹੀਂਡੀ (dahīṇḍī)
- Southern:
- Marathi: dahīhaṇḍī, daheṇḍī, dahyāṇḍī
- Devanagari script: दहीहंडी, दहेंडी, दह्यांडी
- Modi script: 𑘟𑘮𑘲𑘮𑘽𑘚𑘲, 𑘟𑘮𑘹𑘽𑘚𑘲, 𑘟𑘮𑘿𑘧𑘰𑘽𑘚𑘲
- Varhadi: [Term?] (“dahyāṇḍī”)
- Devanagari script: दह्यांडी
- Modi script: 𑘟𑘮𑘿𑘧𑘰𑘽𑘚𑘲
- Marathi: dahīhaṇḍī, daheṇḍī, dahyāṇḍī
- 𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀭 (dahitthara) ~ 𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀸𑀭 (dahitthāra)
Terms inherited from *𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀭-𑀕 ~ 𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀸𑀭-𑀕 (*dahitthara-ga ~ dahitthāra-ga) (with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-))
- Western:
- Gujarati: દહીંતરું (dahī̃trũ), દહીંથરું (dahī̃thrũ)
References
- Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928) “दहि”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 459.
- Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 266
- Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 33.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dadhi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 351