দই

Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀤𑀳𑀺 (dahi), from Sanskrit दधि (dadhi), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰé-dʰh₁-i (“curdled milk”), from *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to nurse, suckle”). Cognate with Assamese দৈ (doi), Hindi दही (dahī), Nepali दही (dahī), Punjabi ਦਹੀਂ (dahī̃), Gujarati દહીં (dahī̃), Sindhi ڏهي / ॾही (d̤ahī), Odia ଦହି (dôhi) / ଦଇ (dôi). Doublet of দধি (dodhi), ধান (dhan), and ধেনু (dhenu).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /doi/, [d̪oi̯]
    (file)
  • Hyphenation: দ‧ই
  • Rhymes: -oi

Noun

দই • (doi)

  1. curd yogurt, dahi
    দই খাবেন?
    doi khaben?
    Would you like some yogurt?
    (literally, “Will you eat yogurt?”)

Inflection
Inflection of দই
nominative দই
dôi
objective দই / দইকে
dôi (semantically general or indefinite) / dôike (semantically definite)
genitive দইর
dôir
locative দইতে
dôite
Indefinite forms
nominative দই
dôi
objective দই / দইকে
dôi (semantically general or indefinite) / dôike (semantically definite)
genitive দইর
dôir
locative দইতে
dôite
Definite forms
singular plural
nominative দইটা , দইটি
dôiṭa (colloquial), dôiṭi (formal)		 দইগুলা, দইগুলো
dôigula (colloquial), dôigulo (formal)
objective দইটা, দইটি
dôiṭa (colloquial), dôiṭi (formal)		 দইগুলা, দইগুলো
dôigula (colloquial), dôigulo (formal)
genitive দইটার, দইটির
dôiṭar (colloquial), dôiṭir (formal)		 দইগুলার, দইগুলোর
dôigular (colloquial), dôigulor (formal)
locative দইটাতে / দইটায়, দইটিতে
dôiṭate / dôiṭay (colloquial), dôiṭite (formal)		 দইগুলাতে / দইগুলায়, দইগুলোতে
dôigulate / dôigulay (colloquial), dôigulote (formal)
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Derived terms
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