દાઈ
Gujarati
Alternative forms
- ધાઈ (dhāī)
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian دایه (dāya), from Middle Persian [script needed] (dāyak), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰaHyakas, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁y-o-kos (“nursing (one)”).
Doublet of ધાત્રી (dhātrī) and ધાવ (dhāv).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Gujarati) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ɑi/
Noun
દાઈ • (dāī) f
- midwife, wet nurse
- Synonyms: ધાવ (dhāv), ધાત્રી (dhātrī)
- paternal grandmother
- Synonym: દાદી (dādī)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | દાઈ (dāī) | દાઈઓ (dāīo) |
| oblique | દાઈ (dāī) | દાઈઓ (dāīo) |
| vocative | દાઈ (dāī) | દાઈઓ (dāīo) |
| instrumental | દાઈ (dāī) | દાઈઓ (dāīo) |
| locative | દાઈએ (dāīe) | દાઈઓએ (dāīoe) |