Dahi
Borrowed from Hindustani دہی / दही (dahī), from Sanskrit दधि (dádhi). Doublet of tyre.
dahi (uncountable)
- (South Asia) A yogurt or fermented milk product.
- Synonym: (India) curd
Borrowed from Arabic دَاهٍ (dāhin). Compare Turkish dâhi.
dahi (comparative daha dahi, superlative ən dahi)
- genius
Inherited from Proto-Malayic *dahi.
dahi
- (anatomy) forehead (part of face above eyebrows)
Inherited from Malay dahi.
- IPA(key): [ˈdä.hi]
- Hyphenation: da‧hi
dahi (first-person possessive dahiku, second-person possessive dahimu, third-person possessive dahinya)
- (anatomy) forehead (part of face above eyebrows)
- Synonym: jidat
dahi
From Proto-Malayic *dahi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daqih, from Proto-Austronesian *daqiS. Cognate with Kavalan zais (“face”), Paiwan djaqis (“forehead”), Eastern Cham ꨖꨬ (dhei, “forehead”), Chamorro ha'i, Hawaiian lae.
dahi (Jawi spelling داهي, plural dahi-dahi, informal 1st possessive dahiku, 2nd possessive dahimu, 3rd possessive dahinya)
- (anatomy) forehead (part of face above eyebrows)
dahi
- Obsolete spelling of daí.
From Ottoman Turkish دخی (dahı, dahi), from Old Anatolian Turkish داخى (daχï), from Proto-Turkic *t(i)akï.
dahi
- even
- neither