Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian دایه (dāya).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

دایَہ (dāyam (Hindi spelling दाया)

  1. midwife, nurse

Further reading edit

  • دایہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • دایہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “دايہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.