दही

See also: देह

Braj

Etymology

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

दही (dahī) m

1. curd, yogurt

Hindi

Etymology

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

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

Noun

दही • (dahī) m (Urdu spelling دَہِی)

1. curd, yogurt

Declension

Declension of दही (masc ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	दही dahī	दही dahī
oblique	दही dahī	दहियों dahiyõ
vocative	दही dahī	दहियो dahiyo

Descendants

• → English: dahi

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दही”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 486
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dádhi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 351

Marathi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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Noun

दही • (dahī) n

1. curd, yogurt

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “दही”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983, 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

Etymology

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

दही • (dahī) n

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

• 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

• Ernest Bender (1951) “dahī”, in Nalarāyadavadantīcarita [Adventures of King Nala and Davadantī], Independence Square, Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, page 353, column 1.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dádhi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 351

Old Hindi

Etymology

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

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

• Braj: दही (dahī)
• Bundeli: दई (daī), दै (dai)
• Hindustani: dahī

  Hindi: दही

  Urdu: دَہِی

  • → English: dahi

Further reading

• Winand M. Callewaert, Swapna Sharma (2009) Dictionary of Bhakti, Ramesh Nagar Metro Station, New Delhi 110 015: D.K. Printworld (P) Ltd., →ISBN, page 927, column 2.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dádhi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 351

Prakrit

Noun

दही (dahī)

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