દહીં

Gujarati

Etymology

From Sanskrit दधि (dadhi). Cognate to Marathi दही (dahī), Hindi दही (dahī), Punjabi ਦਹੀਂ (dahī̃), Sindhi ڏهي / ॾही (ḍ̠ahī), Nepali दही (dahī), Bengali দই (doi), Odia ଦହି (dahi), ଦଇ (dai), Assamese দৈ (doi).

Noun

દહીં • (dahī̃) n

1. yogurt, curd

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dádhi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press