દહીં

Gujarati

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Gujarati दहि, दही, from Old Gujarati दही (dahī), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑀳𑀺 (dahi), from Sanskrit दधि (dádhi). Cognate to Marathi दही (dahī), Hindi दही (dahī), Punjabi ਦਹੀਂ (dahī̃), Sindhi ڏهي‎ / ॾही (ḍ̠ahī), Nepali दही (dahī), Bengali দই (doi), Oriya ଦହି (dôhi), ଦଇ (dôi), Assamese দৈ (doi).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ə.ɦĩ/
Hyphenation: દ‧હીં

Noun

દહીં • (dahī̃) n

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

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