دی

See also: دیـ, دي, and ـدی

Moroccan Arabic

Verb

دی • (edda) I

  1. alternative spelling of ادى (edda)

Pashto

Etymology

From Proto-Pathan *day < *dáγ, from an ancestral Middle Iranian form *idág,[1] from Proto-Iranian *Haytákah.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d̪aɪ/

Pronoun

دی • (day)

  1. he (visible masculine singular third person)

References

  1. ^ Julian Kreidl (2021) “Lambdacism and the development of Old Iranian *t in Pashto”, in Iran and the Caucasus

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠dīk⁠/), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰyás, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰyés.

Adverb

Dari دی
Iranian Persian
Tajik ди

دی • (di)

  1. (archaic) yester
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Middle Persian ddw’ (Day, Creator).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? day
Dari reading? day
Iranian reading? dey
Tajik reading? day

Proper noun

Dari دی
Iranian Persian
Tajik Дай

دی • (dey)

  1. Dey, the tenth month of the solar Persian calendar.

Noun

دی • (dey)

  1. (dialectal, Bushehr, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan) mother, mama

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English dee.

Noun

دی • (di)

  1. Transliteration of the name of the Latin-script letter d in English and other European languages.
Derived terms

Punjabi

Postposition

دی • () (Gurmukhi spelling ਦੀ)

  1. direct/oblique feminine singular of دا ()

Shina

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diː/

Noun

دی ()

  1. daughter