ਦਹੀ

Old Punjabi

Etymology

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

ਦਹੀ (dahī /dahīṃ/) m (Shahmukhi دَہِی)

  1. 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.

Descendants
  • Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਦਹੀਂ (dahī̃)
    Shahmukhi script: دَہِیں (dahīṉ)

Further reading
  • 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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