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

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	دھئِیے (dh'iye)	دھِیو (dhīv)
ablative	دھِیوں (dhīvṉ)	—
locative	دھے (dhe)	دھِیں (dhīṉ)
instrumental	—	—

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “دھی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012), “دھی”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “ਧੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “duhitŕ̊”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press