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dahi.

A yogurt or fermented milk product.

4 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/d̪ə.ɦiː/Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, South-Asia[d̪ɐ.ɦiː]Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, South-Asia
  1. A yogurt or fermented milk product.

    Bangladesh · India · Nepal · Pakistan · South-Asia · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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.

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