दधि

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• দধি (Assamese script)
• ᬤᬥᬶ (Balinese script)
• দধি (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰠𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑀥𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ဒဓိ (Burmese script)
• દધિ (Gujarati script)
• ਦਧਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌦𑌧𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦢꦣꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂠𑂡𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ದಧಿ (Kannada script)
• ទធិ (Khmer script)
• ທຘິ (Lao script)
• ദധി (Malayalam script)
• ᡩᠠᢡᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘟𑘠𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠠᢑᠾᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦿𑧀𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑐢𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଦଧି (Odia script)
• ꢣꢤꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑆣𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖠𑖰 (Siddham script)
• දධි (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩭𑩮𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚛𑚜𑚮 (Takri script)
• த³தி⁴ (Tamil script)
• దధి (Telugu script)
• ทธิ (Thai script)
• ད་དྷི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑒡𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨛𑨜𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰé-dʰh₁-i (“curdled milk”), from *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to nurse, suckle”). Cognate with Albanian djathë (“cheese”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɐ́.dʱi/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪ɐ.d̪ʱi/

Noun

दधि • (dádhi) stem, n

1. coagulated or curdled milk; curd, yoghurt
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.51.7:

     सुता इन्द्राय वायवे सोमासो दध्य्आशिरः ।

     sutā indrāya vāyave somāso dadhyāśiraḥ.

     Soma juices, mixed with curd are pressed out for Indra and Vāyu

Declension

Neuter i-stem declension of दधि

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	दधि (dadhi)	दधिनी (dadhinī)	दधीनि (dadhīni) दधि¹ (dadhi¹) दधी¹ (dadhī¹)
vocative	दधि (dadhi) दधे (dadhe)	दधिनी (dadhinī)	दधीनि (dadhīni) दधि¹ (dadhi¹) दधी¹ (dadhī¹)
accusative	दधि (dadhi)	दधिनी (dadhinī)	दधीनि (dadhīni) दधि¹ (dadhi¹) दधी¹ (dadhī¹)
instrumental	दधिना (dadhinā) दध्या¹ (dadhyā¹)	दधिभ्याम् (dadhibhyām)	दधिभिः (dadhibhiḥ)
dative	दधिने (dadhine) दधये¹ (dadhaye¹)	दधिभ्याम् (dadhibhyām)	दधिभ्यः (dadhibhyaḥ)
ablative	दधिनः (dadhinaḥ) दधेः¹ (dadheḥ¹)	दधिभ्याम् (dadhibhyām)	दधिभ्यः (dadhibhyaḥ)
genitive	दधिनः (dadhinaḥ) दधेः¹ (dadheḥ¹)	दधिनोः (dadhinoḥ)	दधीनाम् (dadhīnām)
locative	दधिनि (dadhini) दधौ¹ (dadhau¹) दधा¹ (dadhā¹)	दधिनोः (dadhinoḥ)	दधिषु (dadhiṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Alternative forms

• दधन् (dadhan)

Descendants

• Pali: dadhi
• Prakrit: 𑀤𑀳𑀺 (dahi), 𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀅 (dahia) (see there for further descendants)
• → Malay: dadih
  • > Indonesian: dadih (inherited)
• → Old Javanese: dadhi
  • > Javanese: ꦢꦢꦶ (dadi) (inherited)
• → Telugu: దధి (dadhi)