See دایی in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
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"lang_code": "klj",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "dâyı"
}
],
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[
"dayı",
"dayı#Turkish"
],
[
"dayı",
"dayı#Azerbaijani"
]
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"2": "trk"
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},
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"1": "az",
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},
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}
],
"etymology_text": "A Turkic borrowing: compare Turkish dayı, Azerbaijani dayı.",
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{
"form": "dâyi",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "دائی",
"roman": "dâ'i",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "دای",
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"alternative"
]
}
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},
"expansion": "دایی • (dâyi)",
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}
],
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"lang_code": "fa",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Iranian Persian",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
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"orig": "fa:Family",
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}
],
"coordinate_terms": [
{
"word": "عمو"
},
{
"word": "کاکا"
},
{
"word": "کاکو"
}
],
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"maternal uncle (mother's brother)"
],
"id": "en-دایی-fa-noun-4egWuGrc",
"links": [
[
"maternal uncle",
"maternal uncle"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chiefly Iran) maternal uncle (mother's brother)"
],
"related": [
{
"roman": "mâdar",
"word": "مادر"
},
{
"roman": "mâmân",
"word": "مامان"
},
{
"roman": "nene",
"word": "ننه"
},
{
"roman": "mâmo",
"word": "مامو"
},
{
"roman": "mâdar-bozorg",
"word": "مادربزرگ"
},
{
"roman": "mâmân-bozorg",
"word": "مامانبزرگ"
},
{
"roman": "bi-bi",
"word": "بیبی"
},
{
"roman": "mâjun",
"word": "ماجون"
},
{
"roman": "pedar",
"word": "پدر"
},
{
"roman": "bâbâ",
"word": "بابا"
},
{
"roman": "dede",
"word": "دده"
},
{
"roman": "bâbo",
"word": "بابو"
},
{
"roman": "pedar-bozorg",
"word": "پدربزرگ"
},
{
"roman": "bâbâbozorg",
"word": "بابابزرگ"
},
{
"roman": "âġobozorg",
"word": "بوبزرگ آقوبزرگ"
},
{
"roman": "xâhar",
"word": "خواهر"
},
{
"roman": "âbji",
"word": "آبجی"
},
{
"roman": "dade",
"word": "دده"
},
{
"word": "—"
},
{
"roman": "âbâji",
"word": "آباجی"
},
{
"roman": "xâhar-bozorg",
"word": "خواهربزرگ"
},
{
"roman": "âġ-bâji",
"word": "آقباجی"
},
{
"roman": "bâji",
"word": "باجی"
},
{
"roman": "šâbâji",
"word": "شاباجی"
},
{
"roman": "barâdar",
"word": "برادر"
},
{
"roman": "dâdâš",
"word": "داداش"
},
{
"roman": "kâ",
"word": "کا"
},
{
"roman": "vardâr",
"word": "وردار"
},
{
"english": "younger brother",
"roman": "dâčči",
"translation": "younger brother",
"word": "کاکو داچی"
},
{
"roman": "barâdar-bozorg",
"word": "برادربزرگ"
},
{
"roman": "âkâko",
"word": "آکاکو"
},
{
"roman": "xâle",
"word": "خاله"
},
{
"roman": "xâlu",
"word": "خالو"
},
{
"english": "more respectful",
"roman": "xân-doy",
"translation": "more respectful",
"word": "دئی خاندوی"
},
{
"roman": "amme",
"word": "عمه"
},
{
"roman": "amu",
"word": "عمو"
},
{
"word": "آمو"
},
{
"roman": "âmu",
"word": "عامو"
},
{
"word": "When referring to older family members"
},
{
"roman": "kalân",
"word": "both بزرگ and کلان are correct"
},
{
"word": "but the former is more common in Iran"
},
{
"roman": "mādar",
"word": "مادر"
},
{
"roman": "nana",
"word": "ننه"
},
{
"roman": "āba",
"word": "آبه"
},
{
"roman": "āya",
"word": "آیه"
},
{
"roman": "mādar-kalān",
"word": "مادرکلان"
},
{
"roman": "bī-bī",
"word": "بیبی"
},
{
"roman": "bī-bī",
"word": "آجه بیبی"
},
{
"roman": "āna",
"word": "آنه"
},
{
"roman": "padar",
"word": "پدر"
},
{
"roman": "bābā",
"word": "بابا"
},
{
"roman": "āta",
"word": "آته"
},
{
"roman": "bābā",
"word": "پیربابا"
},
{
"roman": "padar-kalān",
"word": "پدرکلان"
},
{
"roman": "āġā",
"word": "باباجیآغا"
},
{
"roman": "bābū",
"word": "بابو"
},
{
"roman": "xāhar",
"word": "خواهر"
},
{
"roman": "xwār, xār",
"word": "خوار"
},
{
"roman": "xāhar-kalān",
"word": "خواهرکلان"
},
{
"roman": "bājī",
"word": "آغاباجی"
},
{
"roman": "dada",
"word": "دده"
},
{
"roman": "barādar",
"word": "برادر"
},
{
"roman": "biyādar",
"word": "بیادر"
},
{
"roman": "birār",
"word": "برار"
},
{
"roman": "barādar-kalān",
"word": "برادرکلان"
},
{
"roman": "lālā",
"word": "لالا"
},
{
"roman": "xāla",
"word": "خاله"
},
{
"roman": "māmā",
"word": "ماما"
},
{
"roman": "taġāyī",
"word": "ماماتغایی"
},
{
"roman": "amma",
"word": "عمه"
},
{
"roman": "kākā",
"word": "کاکا"
},
{
"roman": "kalān",
"word": "both بزرگ and کلان are correct"
},
{
"word": "but the latter is more common in Afghanistan"
},
{
"word": "In many dialects"
},
{
"roman": "-a",
"word": "cases of word final ـا may be optionally shortened to ـه"
},
{
"roman": "bāba",
"word": "e.g. بابا > بابه"
},
{
"roman": "-a",
"word": "terms ending in ـه"
},
{
"english": "unrelated to ezafe",
"roman": "-y",
"translation": "unrelated to ezafe",
"word": "ـا may have an epenthetic ـی added"
},
{
"roman": "ammay",
"word": "e.g. عمه > عمی"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "ماما"
}
],
"tags": [
"Iran"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[d̪ɒː.jíː]",
"tags": [
"Iran",
"formal"
]
},
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}
],
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}
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"lang_code": "klj",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "dâyı"
}
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"dayı",
"dayı#Turkish"
],
[
"dayı",
"dayı#Azerbaijani"
]
],
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"2": "trk"
},
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"name": "bor"
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},
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},
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"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
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},
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}
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},
"expansion": "دایی • (dâyi)",
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],
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"lang_code": "fa",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"roman": "mâdar",
"word": "مادر"
},
{
"roman": "mâmân",
"word": "مامان"
},
{
"roman": "nene",
"word": "ننه"
},
{
"roman": "mâmo",
"word": "مامو"
},
{
"roman": "mâdar-bozorg",
"word": "مادربزرگ"
},
{
"roman": "mâmân-bozorg",
"word": "مامانبزرگ"
},
{
"roman": "bi-bi",
"word": "بیبی"
},
{
"roman": "mâjun",
"word": "ماجون"
},
{
"roman": "pedar",
"word": "پدر"
},
{
"roman": "bâbâ",
"word": "بابا"
},
{
"roman": "dede",
"word": "دده"
},
{
"roman": "bâbo",
"word": "بابو"
},
{
"roman": "pedar-bozorg",
"word": "پدربزرگ"
},
{
"roman": "bâbâbozorg",
"word": "بابابزرگ"
},
{
"roman": "âġobozorg",
"word": "بوبزرگ آقوبزرگ"
},
{
"roman": "xâhar",
"word": "خواهر"
},
{
"roman": "âbji",
"word": "آبجی"
},
{
"roman": "dade",
"word": "دده"
},
{
"word": "—"
},
{
"roman": "âbâji",
"word": "آباجی"
},
{
"roman": "xâhar-bozorg",
"word": "خواهربزرگ"
},
{
"roman": "âġ-bâji",
"word": "آقباجی"
},
{
"roman": "bâji",
"word": "باجی"
},
{
"roman": "šâbâji",
"word": "شاباجی"
},
{
"roman": "barâdar",
"word": "برادر"
},
{
"roman": "dâdâš",
"word": "داداش"
},
{
"roman": "kâ",
"word": "کا"
},
{
"roman": "vardâr",
"word": "وردار"
},
{
"english": "younger brother",
"roman": "dâčči",
"translation": "younger brother",
"word": "کاکو داچی"
},
{
"roman": "barâdar-bozorg",
"word": "برادربزرگ"
},
{
"roman": "âkâko",
"word": "آکاکو"
},
{
"roman": "xâle",
"word": "خاله"
},
{
"roman": "xâlu",
"word": "خالو"
},
{
"english": "more respectful",
"roman": "xân-doy",
"translation": "more respectful",
"word": "دئی خاندوی"
},
{
"roman": "amme",
"word": "عمه"
},
{
"roman": "amu",
"word": "عمو"
},
{
"word": "آمو"
},
{
"roman": "âmu",
"word": "عامو"
},
{
"word": "When referring to older family members"
},
{
"roman": "kalân",
"word": "both بزرگ and کلان are correct"
},
{
"word": "but the former is more common in Iran"
},
{
"roman": "mādar",
"word": "مادر"
},
{
"roman": "nana",
"word": "ننه"
},
{
"roman": "āba",
"word": "آبه"
},
{
"roman": "āya",
"word": "آیه"
},
{
"roman": "mādar-kalān",
"word": "مادرکلان"
},
{
"roman": "bī-bī",
"word": "بیبی"
},
{
"roman": "bī-bī",
"word": "آجه بیبی"
},
{
"roman": "āna",
"word": "آنه"
},
{
"roman": "padar",
"word": "پدر"
},
{
"roman": "bābā",
"word": "بابا"
},
{
"roman": "āta",
"word": "آته"
},
{
"roman": "bābā",
"word": "پیربابا"
},
{
"roman": "padar-kalān",
"word": "پدرکلان"
},
{
"roman": "āġā",
"word": "باباجیآغا"
},
{
"roman": "bābū",
"word": "بابو"
},
{
"roman": "xāhar",
"word": "خواهر"
},
{
"roman": "xwār, xār",
"word": "خوار"
},
{
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"word": "خواهرکلان"
},
{
"roman": "bājī",
"word": "آغاباجی"
},
{
"roman": "dada",
"word": "دده"
},
{
"roman": "barādar",
"word": "برادر"
},
{
"roman": "biyādar",
"word": "بیادر"
},
{
"roman": "birār",
"word": "برار"
},
{
"roman": "barādar-kalān",
"word": "برادرکلان"
},
{
"roman": "lālā",
"word": "لالا"
},
{
"roman": "xāla",
"word": "خاله"
},
{
"roman": "māmā",
"word": "ماما"
},
{
"roman": "taġāyī",
"word": "ماماتغایی"
},
{
"roman": "amma",
"word": "عمه"
},
{
"roman": "kākā",
"word": "کاکا"
},
{
"roman": "kalān",
"word": "both بزرگ and کلان are correct"
},
{
"word": "but the latter is more common in Afghanistan"
},
{
"word": "In many dialects"
},
{
"roman": "-a",
"word": "cases of word final ـا may be optionally shortened to ـه"
},
{
"roman": "bāba",
"word": "e.g. بابا > بابه"
},
{
"roman": "-a",
"word": "terms ending in ـه"
},
{
"english": "unrelated to ezafe",
"roman": "-y",
"translation": "unrelated to ezafe",
"word": "ـا may have an epenthetic ـی added"
},
{
"roman": "ammay",
"word": "e.g. عمه > عمی"
}
],
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{
"categories": [
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"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Persian entries with incorrect language header",
"Persian lemmas",
"Persian nouns",
"Persian terms borrowed from Turkic languages",
"Persian terms derived from Turkic languages",
"Persian terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"fa:Family"
],
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{
"word": "عمو"
},
{
"word": "کاکا"
},
{
"word": "کاکو"
}
],
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"maternal uncle (mother's brother)"
],
"links": [
[
"maternal uncle",
"maternal uncle"
]
],
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"(chiefly Iran) maternal uncle (mother's brother)"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "ماما"
}
],
"tags": [
"Iran"
]
}
],
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"formal"
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"tags": [
"Iran"
]
}
],
"word": "دایی"
}
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