দই

Bengali

দই (doi, “yogurt”)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Bengali দহী (dohi), from Prakrit 𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀅 (dahia), from Sanskrit দধিক (dadhika). Doublet of দধি (dodhi), ধান (dhan), and ধেনু (dhenu).

Cognates

Cognate with Assamese দৈ (doi), Hindi दही (dahī), Nepali दही (dahī), Punjabi ਦਹੀਂ (dahī̃), Gujarati દહીં (dahī̃), Sindhi ڏهي / ॾही (d̤ahī), Odia ଦହି (dahi) / ଦଇ (dai).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doi/, [d̪oi̯]

  Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: দ‧ই
• Rhymes: -oi

Noun

দই • (doi)

1. curd yogurt, dahi

   দই খাবেন?

   doi khaben?

   Would you like some yogurt?

   (literally, “Will you eat yogurt?”)

Inflection

Inflection of দই
nominative	দই dôi
objective	দই / দইকে dôi (semantically general or indefinite) / dôike (semantically definite)
genitive	দইর dôir
locative	দইতে dôite
	Indefinite forms
nominative	দই dôi
objective	দই / দইকে dôi (semantically general or indefinite) / dôike (semantically definite)
genitive	দইর dôir
locative	দইতে dôite
	Definite forms
	singular		plural
nominative	দইটা , দইটি dôiṭa (colloquial), dôiṭi (formal)		দইগুলা, দইগুলো dôigula (colloquial), dôigulo (formal)
objective	দইটা, দইটি dôiṭa (colloquial), dôiṭi (formal)		দইগুলা, দইগুলো dôigula (colloquial), dôigulo (formal)
genitive	দইটার, দইটির dôiṭar (colloquial), dôiṭir (formal)		দইগুলার, দইগুলোর dôigular (colloquial), dôigulor (formal)
locative	দইটাতে / দইটায়, দইটিতে dôiṭate / dôiṭay (colloquial), dôiṭite (formal)		দইগুলাতে / দইগুলায়, দইগুলোতে dôigulate / dôigulay (colloquial), dôigulote (formal)
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Derived terms

• টক দই (ṭôk dôi)
• মিষ্টি দই (miśṭi doi, “mishti doi”)