দাই

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Bengali

Alternative forms

ধাই (dhai) — unaspirated variant

Etymology

Due to the lack of aspiration, the word is considered to be a conflation of two related roots:

from Middle Bengali ধাই (dhai), from Prakrit 𑀥𑀸𑀈 (dhāī), from Sanskrit धात्री (dhātrī), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰaHtriH, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁trih₂ (“wet nurse”).
from Classical Persian (dāya), from Middle Persian (dāyak), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰaHyakas, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁y-o-kos (“nursing (one)”).

Ultimately both are from derivations of Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle, nurse”).

Pronunciation

(Rarh) IPA^(key): /d̪ai̯/,

(Dhaka) IPA^(key): /d̪ai̯/,

Noun

দাই • (dai)

Derived terms

দাইমা (daima, “foster-mother”)

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