দাই
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 دایه (dāya), from Middle Persian [script needed] (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”).
Derived terms
- দাইমা (daima, “foster-mother”)
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