"vai" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} vai
  1. (grammar) Initialism of verb animate intransitive: an intransitive verb that agrees with an animate subject. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: verb animate intransitive (extra: an intransitive verb that agrees with an animate subject) Categories (topical): Grammar Synonyms: VAI Coordinate_terms: vii, vta, vti
    Sense id: en-vai-en-noun-qWvCDDE6 Categories (other): Bangladeshi English, English 3-letter words, English entries with incorrect language header, West Bengal English Disambiguation of Bangladeshi English: 80 20 Disambiguation of English 3-letter words: 61 39 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of West Bengal English: 62 38 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: vais [plural]
Etymology: Transliteration of Bengali ভাই (bhai). Doublet of bhai; see there for more doublets. Etymology templates: {{translit|en|bn|ভাই}} Transliteration of Bengali ভাই (bhai), {{dbt|en|bhai}} Doublet of bhai Head templates: {{en-noun}} vai (plural vais), {{tlb|en|Bangladesh|West Bengal|chiefly|Benglish}} (Bangladesh, West Bengal, chiefly Benglish)
  1. Alternative spelling of bhai. Tags: Bangladesh, Benglish, West-Bengal, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: bhai
    Sense id: en-vai-en-noun-jEF26gWk Categories (other): Benglish Disambiguation of Benglish: 29 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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