دہی

Gojri

Etymology

Inherited from Old Gujarati दही (dahī), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑀳𑀺 (dahi) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit दधि (dádhi).

Noun

دَہِی (dahī) m

1. curd, coagulated milk

Further reading

• Dr Rafique Anjum (2018) Concise Gojri-Kashmiri-English Dictionary, New Delhi: Adam Publishers & Distributors, →ISBN, page 231.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dádhi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 351

Old Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀤𑀳𑀺 (dahi) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit दधि (dádhi). Doublet of دَدِھ (dadhi). Cognate with Old Gujarati दही (dahī), Old Hindi दही (dahī), Old Marathi 𑘟𑘮𑘲𑘽 (dahīṃ), Middle Bengali দহী (dohi).

Noun

دَہِی (dahī /dahīṃ/) m (Gurmukhi ਦਹੀ)

1. curds, coagulated milk, yogurt

Descendants

• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਦਹੀਂ (dahī̃)

  Shahmukhi script: دَہِیں (dahīṉ)

Further reading

• Christopher Shackle (2011) “ਦਹੀ”, in A Gurū Nānak Glossary, 2nd edition, New Delhi: Heritage Publishers, →ISBN, page 150.
• “ਦਹੀ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dádhi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 351

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Old Hindi दही (dahī), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑀳𑀺 (dahi) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit दधि (dádhi). Cognate to Punjabi دَہِیں (dahīṉ), Saraiki ڈَہِی (ḍahī), Sindhi ڏهي / ॾही (d̤ahī), Gujarati દહીં (dahī̃), Nepali दही (dahī), Bengali দই (doi), Odia ଦହି (dahi), ଦଇ (dai), Assamese দৈ (doi).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪ə.ɦiː/
• Hyphenation: دَ‧ہِی
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

دَہِی • (dahī) m (Hindi spelling दही)

1. curd, yogurt

Declension

Declension of دہی
	singular	plural
direct	دَہِی (dahī)	دَہِی (dahī)
oblique	دَہِی (dahī)	دَہِیوں (dahiyō̃)
vocative	دَہِی (dahī)	دَہِیو (dahiyō)

Descendants

• → English: dahi

Further reading

• “دہی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “دہی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 323
• “دہی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dádhi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 351