"دائی" meaning in Urdu

See دائی in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /d̪ɑː.iː/ [Standard, Urdu]
Rhymes: -iː Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Persian دَایَه (dāya). Etymology templates: {{ety|ur|:bor|fa-cls:دَایَه|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Classical Persian", "term" : "دَایَه", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "fa-cls" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Urdu", "term" : "دائی", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ur" }" data-lang="ur" data-title="دائی"> Borrowed from Classical Persian دَایَه (dāya). Head templates: {{ur-noun|f|head=دائِی|hi=दाई}} دائِی • (dāī) f (Hindi spelling दाई) Inflection templates: {{ur-decl-noun|دائی|dāī|دائِیاں|dāiyā̃|دائی|dāī|دائِیوں|dāiyō̃|دائی|dāī|دائِیو|dāiyō}} Forms: دائِی [canonical, feminine], dāī [romanization], दाई [Hindi], no-table-tags [table-tags], دائی [direct, singular], دائِیاں [direct, plural], دائی [oblique, singular], دائِیوں [oblique, plural], دائی [singular, vocative], دائِیو [plural, vocative]
  1. midwife; nurse
    Sense id: en-دائی-ur-noun-ETlVPk9P
  2. wet nurse
    Sense id: en-دائی-ur-noun-Uri2Yvuz Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Urdu nouns with declension Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 41 4 12 1 1 41 Disambiguation of Urdu nouns with declension: 15 45 9 9 22
  3. maidservant
    Sense id: en-دائی-ur-noun-7c88xm9I
  4. (figuratively) confidant; insider Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-دائی-ur-noun-WqAUfqb-
  5. a children's game
    Sense id: en-دائی-ur-noun-FiMhBCOA Categories (other): Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Urdu entries referencing missing etymons, Urdu entries with etymology texts, Urdu entries with etymon, Urdu entries with incorrect language header, Urdu terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Urdu terms with redundant transliterations, Occupations, People Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 11 7 22 2 2 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 41 4 12 1 1 41 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 3 8 1 1 56 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 11 7 22 2 2 55 Disambiguation of Urdu entries referencing missing etymons: 7 22 2 3 66 Disambiguation of Urdu entries with etymology texts: 9 28 2 4 56 Disambiguation of Urdu entries with etymon: 3 8 3 3 83 Disambiguation of Urdu entries with incorrect language header: 5 17 1 3 74 Disambiguation of Urdu terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 8 25 2 6 59 Disambiguation of Urdu terms with redundant transliterations: 8 25 3 3 61 Disambiguation of Occupations: 4 27 2 8 59 Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Female Disambiguation of Female: 0 0 0 0 0
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