دایی
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Persian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A Turkic borrowing: compare Turkish dayı, Azerbaijani dayı.[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [d̪ɒː.jíː]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Iranian reading? | dâyi |
Noun
[edit]| Dari | ماما |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | دایی |
| Tajik | тағо |
دایی • (dâyi)
- (chiefly Iran) maternal uncle (mother's brother)
Descendants
[edit]- → Khalaj: dâyı
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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)[1] (in German), volume I, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, § 1176, page 196
- ^ 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
Further reading
[edit]- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “دایی”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press