दै

From Proto-Bodo-Garo *tɯi¹ (“water”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-t(w)əj-n ~ m-ti-s (“water; fluid; liquid; river; to soak; to spit”). Cognate with Dimasa di, Kokborok twi, Rabha চিকা, Garo ci, Tiwa ti, Deori জি, Mising আচি (asi), Mizo tui, Manipuri ꯏꯁꯤꯡ (ising).

• IPA^(key): /dɯi/

दै (dôi) (Latin script dwi)

1. water

• दई (daī)

Inherited from Old Hindi दही (dahī), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑀳𑀺 (dahi) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit दधि (dádhi). Doublet of दद (dad) and दध (dadh).

दै (dai) m

1. curd, yogurt

• रमेश गुप्त [Ramesh Gupt] (2011), “दै”, in श्रीराम तिवारी [Shriram Tiwari], अशोक मिश्र [Ashok Mishra], editors, बुन्देली - हिन्दी शब्दकोश [Bundeli - Hindi Dictionary] (in Hindi), शिवाजी नगर, भोपाल [Shivaji Nagar, Bhopal]: संस्कृति संचालनालय, माध्यमिक शिक्षा मण्डल परिसर [Sanskriti Sanchalanalaya, Madhyamik Shiksha Mandal Parisar], →ISBN, दे/दै, page 150, column 2.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “dádhi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 351