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दही

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See also: देह

Braj

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Etymology

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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).

Noun

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दही (dahīm

  1. curd, yogurt

Hindi

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Etymology

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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).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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दही (dahīm (Urdu spelling دَہِی)

  1. curd, yogurt

Declension

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Descendants

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  • English: dahi

Further reading

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Marathi

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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दही (dahīn

  1. curd, yogurt

Further reading

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  • Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “दही”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary[1], New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, page 67
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “दहीं”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 406
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “दहीं”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 1624.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dádhi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 351

Old Gujarati

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Etymology

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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).

Noun

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दही (dahīn

  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.

Descendants

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References

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Old Hindi

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Etymology

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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).

Noun

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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.

Descendants

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Further reading

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Prakrit

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Noun

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दही (dahī)

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