दधि

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• দধি (Assamese script)
• ᬤᬥᬶ (Balinese script)
• দধি (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰠𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑀥𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ဒဓိ (Burmese script)
• દધિ (Gujarati script)
• ਦਧਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌦𑌧𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦢꦣꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂠𑂡𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ದಧಿ (Kannada script)
• ទធិ (Khmer script)
• ທຘິ (Lao script)
• ദധി (Malayalam script)
• ᡩᠠᢡᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘟𑘠𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠠᢑᠾᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦿𑧀𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑐢𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଦଧି (Odia script)
• ꢣꢤꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑆣𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖠𑖰 (Siddham script)
• දධි (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩭𑩮𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚛𑚜𑚮 (Takri script)
• த³தி⁴ (Tamil script)
• దధి (Telugu script)
• ทธิ (Thai script)
• ད་དྷི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑒡𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨛𑨜𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰé-dʰh₁-i (“curdled milk”), from *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to nurse, suckle”). Cognate with Albanian djathë (“cheese”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɐ́.dʱi/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ɐ.d̪ʱi/

Noun

दधि • (dádhi) stem, n

1. coagulated or curdled milk; curd, yoghurt
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.51.7:

     सुता इन्द्राय वायवे सोमासो दध्य्आशिरः ।

     sutā indrāya vāyave somāso dadhyāśiraḥ.

     Soma juices, mixed with curd are pressed out for Indra and Vāyu

Declension

Neuter i-stem declension of दधि (dadhi)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	दधि dadhi	दधिनी dadhinī	दधीनि / दधि¹ / दधी¹ dadhīni / dadhi¹ / dadhī¹
Vocative	दधि / दधे dadhi / dadhe	दधिनी dadhinī	दधीनि / दधि¹ / दधी¹ dadhīni / dadhi¹ / dadhī¹
Accusative	दधि dadhi	दधिनी dadhinī	दधीनि / दधि¹ / दधी¹ dadhīni / dadhi¹ / dadhī¹
Instrumental	दधिना / दध्या¹ dadhinā / dadhyā¹	दधिभ्याम् dadhibhyām	दधिभिः dadhibhiḥ
Dative	दधिने / दधये¹ dadhine / dadhaye¹	दधिभ्याम् dadhibhyām	दधिभ्यः dadhibhyaḥ
Ablative	दधिनः / दधेः¹ dadhinaḥ / dadheḥ¹	दधिभ्याम् dadhibhyām	दधिभ्यः dadhibhyaḥ
Genitive	दधिनः / दधेः¹ dadhinaḥ / dadheḥ¹	दधिनोः dadhinoḥ	दधीनाम् dadhīnām
Locative	दधिनि / दधौ¹ / दधा¹ dadhini / dadhau¹ / dadhā¹	दधिनोः dadhinoḥ	दधिषु dadhiṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Alternative forms

• दधन् (dadhan)

Descendants

• Pali: dadhi
• Prakrit: 𑀤𑀳𑀺 (dahi), 𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀅 (dahia) (see there for further descendants)
• → Malay: dadih
  • Indonesian: dadih
• → Telugu: దధి (dadhi)