Prakrit edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sanskrit 𑀤𑀥𑀺 (dádhi). Cognate with Pali dadhi.

Noun edit

𑀤𑀳𑀺 (dahin (Devanagari दहि, Kannada ದಹಿ) (Ardhamagadhi, Jain Maharastri, Maharastri, Magadhi, Sauraseni)

  1. 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.

Declension edit

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)

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References edit

  • Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923-1928) “दहि”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [Pāia-Sadda-Mahaṇṇavo; lit. 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