دائی
Persian
Noun
دائی • (dâ'i)
- alternative form of دایی
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian دَایَه (dāya).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /d̪ɑː.iː/
- Rhymes: -iː
- Hyphenation: دا‧ءِی
Noun
دائِی • (dāī) f (Hindi spelling दाई)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | دائی (dāī) | دائِیاں (dāiyā̃) |
| oblique | دائی (dāī) | دائِیوں (dāiyō̃) |
| vocative | دائی (dāī) | دائِیو (dāiyō) |
Further reading
More information
- “دائی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “دائی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “دائی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “دائی”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “دائی”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
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