دھی

Pahari-Potwari

Etymology

Inherited from Old Punjabi ਧੀਅ (dhīa), from Paisaci Prakrit [Term?] , from Sanskrit दुहितृ (duhitṛ), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *dúźʰHtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰuǰʰHtā, from an earlier *dʰúgʰHtā (“daughter”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr (“daughter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪iː˨/

Noun

دھی (dhī)

1. daughter

Punjabi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ-?

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr?

Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr

Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰúgʰHtā

Sanskrit दुहितृ (duhitṛ)

Prakrit 𑀥𑀽𑀆 (dhūā)

Old Punjabi ਧੀਅ (dhīa)

Punjabi دھی (dhī)

Inherited from Old Punjabi ਧੀਅ (dhīa), from Prakrit 𑀥𑀽𑀆 (dhūā), from Sanskrit दुहितृ (duhitṛ), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰúgʰHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr, possibly from *dʰewgʰ- + *-tḗr. Cognate with poetic Hindi धिया (dhiyā) and Southern Hindko تہی (thī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: tī̀ IPA^(key): /t̪iː˨/
• Rhymes: -iː˨

Noun

دھی • (dhī) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਧੀ)

1. daughter

Declension

Declension of دھی

	singular	plural
direct	دھی (dhī)	دھِیاں (dhīyāṉ)
oblique	دھی (dhī)	دھِیاں (dhīyāṉ)
vocative	دھِیے (dhiye)	دھِیو (dhīv)
ablative	دھِیوں (dhīvṉ)	دھِیاں (dhīyāṉ)
locative	—	—
instrumental	—	—

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “دھی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “دھی”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “ਧੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “duhitŕ̊”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press