دھی

Inherited from Old Punjabi ਧੀਅ (dhīa), from Paisaci Prakrit [Term?] , from Sanskrit दुहितृ (duhitṛ), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *dúźʰHtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰuǰʰHtā, from an earlier *dʰúgʰHtā (“daughter”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr (“daughter”).

• IPA^(key): /t̪iː˨/

دھی (dhī)

1. daughter

Inherited from Old Punjabi ਧੀਅ (dhīa), from Prakrit 𑀥𑀽𑀆 (dhūā), from Sanskrit दुहितृ (duhitṛ), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰúgʰHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr, from possibly *dʰewgʰ- + *-tḗr. Cognate with poetic Hindi धिया (dhiyā) and Southern Hindko تہی (thī).

• (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: tī̀ IPA^(key): /t̪iː˩/
• Rhymes: -iː˩

دھی • (dhī) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਧੀ)

1. daughter

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• Bashir, Kanwal (2012), “دھی”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “ਧੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “duhitŕ̊”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press