𑀤𑀳𑀺

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀤𑀥𑀺 (dadhi)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit 𑀤𑀥𑀺 (dádhi). Cognate with Pali dadhi.

Noun

𑀤𑀳𑀺 (dahi) n (Devanagari दहि, Kannada ದಹಿ) (Ardhamagadhi, Jain Maharastri, Maharastri, Magadhi, Sauraseni)

1. curd, dahi
   • c. 700 CE, Anonymous, Maṇipati-Carita 611:

     𑀆𑀕𑀸𑀲-𑀪𑀽𑀫𑀺-𑀪𑀁𑀟𑁄𑀬𑀭𑀁𑀫𑀺 𑀚𑁄𑀦𑁆𑀳𑀸-𑀤𑀳𑀻𑀏 𑀫𑀳𑀡𑁂𑀡
     𑀧𑀼𑀦𑁆𑀦𑀺𑀫-𑀕𑁄𑀬𑀸𑀮𑀺𑀡𑀻𑀏 𑀫𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀡-𑀧𑀺𑀁𑀟𑁄-𑀯𑁆𑀯 𑀭𑀸𑀬𑀡𑀺𑀬𑀭𑁄

     āgāsa-bhūmi-bhaṃḍoyaraṃmi jŏnhā-dahīe mahaṇeṇa
     punnima-goyāliṇīe makkhaṇa-piṃḍo-vva rāyaṇiyaro

     • 1959 translation by Robert Hamilton Blair Williams

       The moon was like a lump of butter within the container of the firmament and the earth,
       butter produced by the churning of the curds of the moonlight by the dairymaid that is the full moon.

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀤𑀳𑀺 (neuter)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀁 (dahiṃ) or 𑀤𑀳𑀺 (dahi)	𑀤𑀳𑀻𑀇𑀁 (dahīiṃ) or 𑀤𑀳𑀻𑀡𑀺 (dahīṇi) or 𑀤𑀳𑀻 (dahī)
Accusative	𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀁 (dahiṃ) or 𑀤𑀳𑀺 (dahi)	𑀤𑀳𑀻𑀇𑀁 (dahīiṃ) or 𑀤𑀳𑀻𑀡𑀺 (dahīṇi) or 𑀤𑀳𑀻 (dahī)
Instrumental	𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀡𑀸 (dahiṇā)	𑀤𑀳𑀻𑀳𑀺 (dahīhi) or 𑀤𑀳𑀻𑀳𑀺𑀁 (dahīhiṃ)
Dative	—	—
Ablative	𑀤𑀳𑀻𑀑 (dahīo) or 𑀤𑀳𑀻𑀉 (dahīu) or 𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀡𑁄 (dahiṇo) or 𑀤𑀳𑀻𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (dahīhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀲𑁆𑀲 (dahissa) or 𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀡𑁄 (dahiṇo)	𑀤𑀳𑀻𑀡 (dahīṇa) or 𑀤𑀳𑀻𑀡𑀁 (dahīṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (dahimmi)	𑀤𑀳𑀻𑀲𑀼 (dahīsu) or 𑀤𑀳𑀻𑀲𑀼𑀁 (dahīsuṃ)
Vocative	𑀤𑀳𑀺 (dahi) or 𑀤𑀳𑀻 (dahī)	𑀤𑀳𑀻𑀇𑀁 (dahīiṃ) or 𑀤𑀳𑀻𑀡𑀺 (dahīṇi) or 𑀤𑀳𑀻 (dahī)

Derived terms

• 𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀅 (dahia) (see there for further descendants)

Terms inherited from *𑀤𑀳𑀺-𑀘𑀁𑀕𑁂𑀭 (*dahi-caṃgera)

• Central:
  • Western Hindi:
    • Braj: दहेगर (dahegar)
    • Hindustani:

      Hindi: दहेंगर

      Urdu: دَہینگَر

Terms inherited from *𑀤𑀳𑀺-𑀪𑀁𑀟-𑀇𑀆 ~ *𑀤𑀳𑀺-𑀪𑀁𑀟-𑀇𑀕𑀸 (*dahi-bhaṃḍa-iā ~ *dahi-bhaṃḍa-igā) (with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓- (-ika-))

• Central:
  • Eastern Hindi:
    • Old Awadhi: दहेंड़ी
  • Western Hindi:
    • Old Hindi: दहींडी (dahīṃḍī)
      • Braj: दहेडी (daheḍī)
      • Hindustani:

        Hindi: दहेंड़ी

        Urdu: دَہینڑِی (dahenṛī)

• Eastern:
  • Bengali: দই হাঁড়ি (doi hãṛi)
  • Odia: ଦହି ହାଣ୍ଡି (dôhi haṇḍi)
• Northwestern:
  • Punjabi: ਦਹੀਂਡੀ (dahīṇḍī)
• Southern:
  • Marathi: dahīhaṇḍī, daheṇḍī, dahyāṇḍī

    Devanagari script: दहीहंडी, दहेंडी, दह्यांडी

    Modi script: 𑘟𑘮𑘲𑘮𑘽𑘚𑘲, 𑘟𑘮𑘹𑘽𑘚𑘲, 𑘟𑘮𑘿𑘧𑘰𑘽𑘚𑘲

  • Varhadi: dahyāṇḍī

    Devanagari script: दह्यांडी

    Modi script: 𑘟𑘮𑘿𑘧𑘰𑘽𑘚𑘲

• 𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀭 (dahitthara) ~ 𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀸𑀭 (dahitthāra)

Terms inherited from *𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀭-𑀕 ~ 𑀤𑀳𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀸𑀭-𑀕 (*dahitthara-ga ~ dahitthāra-ga) (with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-))

• Western:
  • Gujarati: દહીંતરું (dahī̃trũ), દહીંથરું (dahī̃thrũ)

References

• Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923-1928) “दहि”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [Pāia-Sadda-Mahaṇṇavo; lit. Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 459.
• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 266.
• Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 33.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dadhi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 351