दै

See also: ढ, ट, द, दाः, and दो

Bodo (India)

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɯi/

Noun

दै (dôi) (Latin script dwi)

1. water

Bundeli

Alternative forms

• दई (daī)

Etymology

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).

Noun

दै (dai) m

1. curd, yogurt

References

• 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

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• दा (dā)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• দৈ (Assamese script)
• ᬤᬿ (Balinese script)
• দৈ (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰹 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑁃 (Brahmi script)
• ဒဲ (Burmese script)
• દૈ (Gujarati script)
• ਦੈ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌦𑍈 (Grantha script)
• ꦢꦻ (Javanese script)
• 𑂠𑂶 (Kaithi script)
• ದೈ (Kannada script)
• ទៃ (Khmer script)
• ໄທ (Lao script)
• ദൈ (Malayalam script)
• ᡩᠠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘟𑘺 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠧᠧ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦿𑧛 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑐿 (Newa script)
• ଦୈ (Odia script)
• ꢣꣀ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑆽 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖹 (Siddham script)
• දෛ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩭𑩗 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚛𑚳 (Takri script)
• தை³ (Tamil script)
• దై (Telugu script)
• ไท (Thai script)
• དཻ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑒻 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨛𑨇 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Probably from a semantic extension of the root दा (dā, “to divide”) via a prefix such as वि- (vi-) or अव- (ava-).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɑːj/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪ɑj/

Root

दै • (dai)

1. to purify, cleanse

Derived terms

• अवदात (avadāta)
• दात (dāta)
• दायति (dāyati)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “दै”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 497/1.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 72
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 718; 747