Etymology

dahi

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Today it means: A yogurt or fermented milk product. Full definition →

Hindi दही ← Urdu دَہِی ← Old Hindi दही
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The story

  1. Sanskrit · derived fromदधि
  2. Sauraseni Prakrit · derived from𑀤𑀳𑀺
  3. Old Hindi · derived fromदही
  4. Urdu · borrowed fromدَہِی
  5. Hindi · borrowed fromदही
  6. English todaydahi

Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi दही (dahī) / Urdu دَہِی (dahī)), from Old Hindi दही (dahī), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑀳𑀺 (dahi) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), ultimately from Sanskrit दधि (dádhi). Doublet of tyre.

Words from the same roots

Sanskritदधि all →

tyre

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