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dahi

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Bangladesh/d̪ə.ɦiː/

dahi noun: a yogurt or fermented milk product.

dahi: a yogurt or fermented milk product
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Noun

dahi (uncountable)

  1. (Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, South-Asia) A yogurt or fermented milk product.
    Synonyms:
    curd

dahi meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Bengali and Punjabi

dahi in Tamil

தயிர், நெற்றி, நுதல்

dahi in Marathi

dahi, curd, yogurt
दही dahī

dahi in Bengali

dahi, curd yoghurt
মঙ্গল্য moṅgollo

dahi in Punjabi

dahi, curd
ਦਹੀਂ dahī̃

Synonyms of dahi

Origin of dahi

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 formed from dahi

Questions about dahi

What does dahi mean?
Dahi means a yogurt or fermented milk product.
What is dahi in Tamil?
Dahi in Tamil is தயிர், நெற்றி, நுதல். See Dahi meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is dahi?
Dahi is a noun.
How do you pronounce dahi?
Dahi is pronounced /d̪ə.ɦiː/ (Bangladesh).

Words near dahi in the dictionary

  1. Dahashi
  2. Dahcotah
  3. Daheim
  4. Daher
  5. Dahers
  6. dahi
  7. dahi puri
  8. Dahieh
  9. Dahinda
  10. Dahingganling
  11. Dahir

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dahi (page history and authors); dahi (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); दही (Marathi) (page history and authors); মঙ্গল্য (Bengali) (page history and authors); ਦਹੀਂ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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