دایه

See also: داية

Persian

Alternative forms

دا (dā / dâ) (archaic, dialectal)
تایه (tāya / tâye) (colloquial)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (dʾyk /⁠dāyak⁠/, “nurse”), from Proto-Iranian *daHyaka-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to nurse, suckle”).^[1] Akin to Northern Kurdish dayik, dê, Central Kurdish دایک (dayk), Southern Kurdish داڵگ (dallg) and Old Armenian դայեակ (dayeak), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /daː.ˈja/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɑː.jǽ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ɑː.jǽ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪ɔː.jǽ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɒː.jé]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɔ.jǽ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	dāya
Dari reading^?	dāya
Iranian reading^?	dâye
Tajik reading^?	doya

Noun

دایه • (dāya / dâye)

nurse, foster-mother
midwife

Derived terms

دایگانی (dāyagānī / dâyegâni)
دایگی (dāyagī / dâyegi)

Descendants

→ Arabic: دَايَة (dāya)
- Andalusian Arabic: داية (dāya)^[2]
- Gulf Arabic: داية (dāya)

References

^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 447: “*dāi̯a-ka-”
^ علی صیادانی، وام‌واژه‌های فارسی دیوان ابن هانی؛ شاعر شیعه اندلس, پژوهش‌های زبان‌شناسی تطبیقی، ص ۱۵۵

Further reading

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “دایه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “دایه”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “دایه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press