𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀅

Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit 𑀤𑀥𑀺𑀓 (dadhika). By surface analysis, 𑀤𑀳𑀺 (dahi) +‎ -𑀅 (-a).

Noun

𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀅 (dahia) n (Devanagari दहिअ, Kannada ದಹಿಅ) (Jain Māhārāṣṭrī)

1. synonym of 𑀤𑀳𑀺 (dahi, “dahi, curd”)
   • c. 1122 – 1123, Devendra, Uttarādhyayana-Vṛtti X. Agaḍadatta page 80 line 24:

     𑀏𑀯𑀁 𑀦𑀺𑀫𑀁𑀢𑀺𑀊𑀡𑀁 𑀕𑀁𑀢𑀽𑀡 𑀲𑀫𑀸𑀕𑀑 𑀫𑀳𑀸𑀯𑀇𑀑𑁇
     𑀧𑀸𑀬𑀲-𑀖𑀬-𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀬𑀸𑀡𑀁 𑀪𑀭𑀺𑀊𑀡𑀁 𑀪𑀁𑀟𑀏 𑀕𑀭𑀼𑀏 𑁈𑁨𑁧𑁯𑁈

     evaṃ nimaṃtiūṇaṃ gaṃtūṇa samāgao mahāvaïo.
     pāyasa-ghaya-dahiyāṇaṃ bhariūṇaṃ bhaṃḍae garue .219.

     • 1909 translation by John Jacob Meyer

       219. After this invitation the Pāçupata ascetic went away and returned
       with immense pails, which he had filled with rice boiled in milk, ghee, and sour milk.

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀅 (neuter)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀅𑀁 (dahiaṃ)	𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀆𑀇𑀁 (dahiāiṃ) or 𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀆𑀇 (dahiāi)
Accusative	𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀅𑀁 (dahiaṃ)	𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀆𑀇𑀁 (dahiāiṃ) or 𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀆𑀇 (dahiāi)
Instrumental	𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀏𑀡 (dahieṇa) or 𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀏𑀡𑀁 (dahieṇaṃ)	𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀏𑀳𑀺 (dahiehi) or 𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀏𑀳𑀺𑀁 (dahiehiṃ)
Dative	𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀆𑀅 (dahiāa)	—
Ablative	𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀆𑀑 (dahiāo) or 𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀆𑀉 (dahiāu) or 𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀆 (dahiā) or 𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀆𑀳𑀺 (dahiāhi) or 𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀆𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (dahiāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀅𑀲𑁆𑀲 (dahiassa)	𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀆𑀡 (dahiāṇa) or 𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀆𑀡𑀁 (dahiāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (dahiammi) or 𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀏 (dahie)	𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀏𑀲𑀼 (dahiesu) or 𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀏𑀲𑀼𑀁 (dahiesuṃ)
Vocative	𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀅 (dahia) or 𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀆 (dahiā)	𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀆𑀇𑀁 (dahiāiṃ) or 𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀆𑀇 (dahiāi)

Descendants

Descendants

• Central:
  • Eastern Hindi:
    • Old Awadhi: दहि (dahi)
  • Western Hindi:
    • Old Hindi: दही (dahī)
      • Braj: दही (dahī)
      • Bundeli: दई (daī), दै (dai)
      • Hindustani: dahī

        Hindi: दही

        Urdu: دَہِی

        • → English: dahi

• Eastern:
  • Assamese: দৈ (doi)
  • Middle Bengali: দহী (dohi)
    • Bengali: দই (doi)
  • Bihari:
    • Bhojpuri: dahī

      Devanagari script: दही

      Kaithi script: 𑂠𑂯𑂲

    • Maithili: dahi/dahī

      Devanagari script: दहि, दही

      Tirhuta script: 𑒠𑒯𑒱, 𑒠𑒯𑒲

  • Odia: ଦହି (dahi)
• Northern:
  • Central Pahari:
    • Garhwali: दई (daī)
  • Eastern Pahari:
    • Nepali: दही (dahī)
  • Western Pahari:
    • Dogri: dehī̃

      Devanagari script: देहीं

      Dogra script: 𑠛𑠳𑠪𑠮𑠷

• Northwestern:
  • Old Punjabi: ਦਹੀ (dahī)
    • Punjabi:

      Gurmukhi script: ਦਹੀਂ (dahī̃)

      Shahmukhi script: دَہِیں (dahīṉ)

  • Saraiki:

    Shahmukhi script: ݙَہِی (ḏahī)

    Devanagari script: ॾही

    Multani script: 𑊓𑊦 (ḏh)

  • Sindhi: d̤ahī

    Arabic script: ڏَهيِ

    Devanagari script: ॾही

    Khudabadi script: 𑋉𑋞𑋢

• Southern:
  • Insular:
    • Dhivehi: ދަހީ (dahī)
    • Sinhalese: දිහි (dihi), දී (dī)
  • Marathi-Konkani:
    • Konkani: dhãy

      Devanagari script: धंय

      Kannada script: ಧಂಯ್

      Latin script: dhoim

    • Old Marathi: dahīṃ

      Devanagari script: दहीं

      Modi script: 𑘟𑘮𑘲𑘽

      • Marathi: dahī

        Devanagari script: दही

        Modi script: 𑘟𑘮𑘲

      • Varhadi: dahī

        Devanagari script: दही

        Modi script: 𑘟𑘮𑘲

• Western:
  • Old Gujarati: दही (dahī)
    • 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)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dadhi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 351