धाय

Hindi

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-
    Sanskrit धात्री (dhātrī)
    Prakrit 𑀥𑀸𑀈 (dhāī)
    Hindi धाय (dhāy)

    Inherited from Prakrit धाई (dhāī), from Sanskrit धात्री (dhātrī).

    Pronunciation

    • (Delhi) IPA(key): /d̪ʱɑːj/, [d̪ʱäːj]

    Noun

    धाय • (dhāy) f (Urdu spelling دھایْ)

    1. wet nurse
    2. foster mother
    3. midwife

    Declension

    Declension of धाय (fem cons-stem)
    singular plural
    direct धाय
    dhāy     		धायें
    dhāyẽ
    oblique धाय
    dhāy     		धायों
    dhāyõ
    vocative धाय
    dhāy     		धायो
    dhāyo

    References

    • Bahri, Caturvedi, Dasa-Hindi (2022) “धाय”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Hindi Dictionaries]
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