ਦਹੀ
Appearance
Old Punjabi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Prakrit 𑀤𑀳𑀺 (dahi) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit दधि (dádhi). Doublet of ਦਧਿ (dadhi). Cognate with Old Gujarati दही (dahī), Old Hindi दही (dahī), Old Marathi 𑘟𑘮𑘲𑘽 (dahīṃ), Middle Bengali দহী (dohi).
Noun
[edit]ਦਹੀ (dahī /dahīṃ/) m
- curds, coagulated milk, yogurt
- 1604, Guru Nanak, Ādi Granth ang 150:
- ਵੁਠੈ ਘਾਹੁ ਚਰਹਿ ਨਿਤਿ ਸੁਰਹੀ ਸਾ ਧਨ ਦਹੀ ਵਿਲੋਵੈ ॥
- vuṭhai ghāhu carahi niti surahī sā dhana dahī vilovai.
- /vuṭṭhai ghāhu carahi niti surahī sā dhana dahīṃ vilovai./
- 1972 translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
- When it rains, the cows always have grass to graze upon, and housewives can churn the milk into butter.
- ਵੁਠੈ ਘਾਹੁ ਚਰਹਿ ਨਿਤਿ ਸੁਰਹੀ ਸਾ ਧਨ ਦਹੀ ਵਿਲੋਵੈ ॥
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Christopher Shackle (2011) “ਦਹੀ”, in A Gurū Nānak Glossary, 2nd edition, New Delhi: Heritage Publishers, →ISBN, page 150
- “ਦਹੀ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2024
- 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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- Old Punjabi terms derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan
- Old Punjabi terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan
- Old Punjabi terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Old Punjabi terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Old Punjabi terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Punjabi terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Punjabi terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰeh₁(y)-
- Old Punjabi terms inherited from Prakrit
- Old Punjabi terms derived from Prakrit
- Old Punjabi terms extended with Indo-Aryan -𑀓-
- Old Punjabi terms inherited from Sanskrit
- Old Punjabi terms derived from Sanskrit
- Old Punjabi doublets
- Old Punjabi lemmas
- Old Punjabi nouns
- Old Punjabi nouns in Gurmukhi script
- Old Punjabi masculine nouns
- Old Punjabi terms with quotations
- inc-opa:Dairy products