دایی

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

A Turkic borrowing: compare Turkish dayı, Azerbaijani dayı.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Readings
Iranian reading? dâyi
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Noun
Dari ماما
Iranian Persian دایی
Tajik тағо

دایی • (dâyi)

  1. (chiefly Iran) maternal uncle (mother's brother)
    Synonym: (Dari) ماما (mâmâ)
    Coordinate terms: عمو ('amu), کاکا (kâkâ), کاکو (kâko)

Descendants
  • → Khalaj: dâyı

See also
  1. عمه ('amme) (paternal aunt)
  2. خاله (xâle) (maternal aunt)

References
  1. Doerfer, Gerhard (1963) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 16)‎ (in German), volume I, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, § 1176, page 196
  2. Hassandoust, Mohammad (2004/2005) Bahman Sarkarati, editor, Farhang-e riše-šenâxti-ye zabân-e Farsi [An Etymological Dictionary of the Persian Language] (in Persian), volume II: P-D, Tehran: Academy of Persian Language and Literature, →ISBN, page 1264

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