દહીં

Gujarati

દહીં

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Gujarati दहि (dahi), दही (dahī), from Old Gujarati दही (dahī), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑀳𑀺 (dahi), from Sanskrit दधि (dádhi), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰé-dʰh₁-i (“curdled milk”), from *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to nurse, suckle”). Doublet of દધિ (dadhi) and ધાન (dhān).

Cognates

See also Marathi दही (dahī), Hindi दही (dahī), Punjabi ਦਹੀਂ (dahī̃), Sindhi ڏهي / ॾही (ḍ̠ahī), Nepali दही (dahī), Bengali দই (doi), Odia ଦହି (dôhi), ଦଇ (dôi), Assamese দৈ (doi).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ə.ɦĩ/
  • (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ə̤ĩ/
• Rhymes: -ɦɪ
• Hyphenation: દ‧હીં

Noun

દહીં • (dahī̃) n

1. yogurt, curd

References

• “દહીં”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dádhi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 351